Magistrate Absent Since 2019: Committee Urges Pay Suspension

Magistrate likely to be suspended after nearly six years of being paid without working

Additional magistrate at Booysens Magistrate’s Court SS Fredericks has been absent but paid since November 2019

Magistrate absent since 2019: committee urges pay suspension

Parliament's select committee on security and justice has recommended that the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) confirm the provisional suspension of a magistrate who has been absent from duty since 2019, but continued to receive full remuneration.

Select Committee on Security and Justice Recommends of Provisional Suspension and Withholding of Remuneration of Gauteng Magistrate

The Select Committee on Security and Justice has recommended that the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) confirm the provisional suspension from office of Ms SSE Fredericks, an additional Magistrate at the Johannesburg Magistrates’ Court, and the determination to withhold her remuneration. Committee Chairperson, Ms Jane Seboletswe Mananiso, said the recommendation to withhold her remuneration is in terms of the Magistrates Act. She went on to …

South Africa: Select Committee on Security and Justice Recommends of Provisional Suspension and Withholding of Remuneration of Gauteng Magistrate

South Africa: Select Committee on Security and Justice Recommends of Provisional Suspension and Withholding of Remuneration of Gauteng Magistrate