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Legal Ethics Nomonde Zondi | Published 14 minutes ago Following a year-long delay in delivering the reasons for a judgment, Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge…
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The reasons were only delivered on June 19, 2025, by which time Mavundla and Masondo had already lodged complaints with the JCC in March 2025. Their legal representatives requested the reasons on July 2, 9, and 24, 2024, but were informed by the judge’s registrar that she was overseas and that the reasons would be furnished in due course.
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The reasons were only delivered on June 19, 2025, by which time Mavundla and Masondo had already lodged complaints with the JCC in March 2025.
according to IOL (Independent Online)Their legal representatives requested the reasons on July 2, 9, and 24, 2024, but were informed by the judge’s registrar that she was overseas and that the reasons would be furnished in due course.
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