High court suspends Mpumalanga attorney: Zietta van Rensburg scrambles to continue practising

Two days after Mpumalanga High Court judge Brian Mashile made a final order to suspend the disgraced Malalane attorney, Zietta Janse van Rensburg, she brought an urgent application to appeal the finding and asked the court to reinstate her status to allow her to continue practising.

During these proceedings, the LPC argued that the public would suffer irreparable harm if Janse van Rensburg was allowed to continue practising. Thembeka Ratshibvumo, on behalf of the LPC, argued that the suspension order should be made final to protect the unsuspecting public from further damage. “A refusal of this application will mean that the respondents will carry on practising. The implication is, of course, that they will accept funds and deal with financial matters of the members of the public. It will be remiss in the extreme were this court to countenance this to happen,” the judgment stated.

Her affidavit then states that an alternative date of April 11 was proposed. She attached all correspondence between herself, the court registrar, the LPC and secretaries of the judges. Janse van Rensburg accuses the LPC of material non-disclosure in that they did not reference a supposed agreement between the parties in terms of which both matters would proceed on 11 April.

March 18: Ramasimong sends mail to JVR, LPC with subject line “LPC Court roll: 22 March 2024” and states: “The matter has been allocated to Hon Justice Mashile”, and then asks for all papers to be submitted by March 19 at 12:00. March 21: JVR sends WhatsApp to LPC: “Apologies for bothering on a public holiday. I need to confirm a brief for the advocate if we are proceeding tomorrow or not.”

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