Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and Director-General Livhuwani Makhode must pay from their own pockets part of legal costs for Lawyers For Human Rights
Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi and Director-General Livhuwani Makhode must pay legal costs from their own pockets, the Constitutional Court has ruled.
Pending the changes to the legislation, the apex court ruled that any person arrested on charges of being illegally in the country must be brought before a court within a certain time frame for an inquiry into whether the detention was in the interest of justice. But that ruling lapsed, and six years later there was still no remedial legislation.
He said the director-general, in his"feeble affidavit" had attempted to blame the inordinate delay in the enactment of the remedial legislation on the Covid pandemic and the fire at Parliament, but these had occurred long after the 24-month deadline had passed. He claimed to have no knowledge whatsoever of the application. When he became aware of it, he was very angry, he was astounded that it had been brought. He said the steps taken to effect the legislative amendments had not been fully explained. He apologised for the"mess" and said he had fired his legal team.They asked that they be given permission to withdraw the application.
"The applicants legal representatives had abysmally failed in their duty to represent their clients in a manner required by their professional rules. The legitimacy of our judicial system will fall into disrepute if the shockingly poor conduct of litigation, as in the present instance, is allowed to continue unchecked.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
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