Meyiwa trial: Black Lawyers Association wants meeting with presiding judge

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Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng commented on black lawyers in court after blasting Thulani Mngomezulu, who is representing the first accused, for not informing him that he would be absent.

JOHANNESBURG - The Black Lawyers Association wants a meeting with the judge presiding over the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial.

He questioned why Mngomezulu - who is representing the first accused - did not call to inform him of his absence.Five men are being tried for Meyiwa's 2014 murder in what police believe was an ordered hit. “Is this how black lawyers behave? The attorney or the advocate, himself, doesn’t phone the judge and the judge must smile because he’s black,” said Mokgoatlheng.writing to Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo“He might as well be telling the country that he believes that the lawyers there are already a problem. Therefore, because they are black, they are a problem.

 

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