The Presiding Judge in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial has apologized and withdrawn remarks he made about black lawyers during a court sitting on Wednesday. Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng says his comments were ill-advised and might have been offensive.
“Is this how lawyers, black lawyers, maybe we should just tell the truth how black lawyers behave, some of them,” Mokgoatlheng said. The Black Lawyers Association is not commenting on the matter but says it had written to the Judge President.
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