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RAMODIBEDI INTIMIDATING - LAWYER MBUSO SIMELANE

28/05/2015 03:28:00 BY MBONGISENI NDZIMANDZE

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MBABANE – Lawyer Mbuso Simelane alleged that suspended Chief Justice Michael Ramodibedi was intimidating and had a way of telling one to comply with his instructions.

Simelane represented Ramodibedi in his case against the Swaziland Revenue Authority (SRA) and was once appointed an acting judge of the High Court of Swaziland.
He is one of the witnesses to be paraded by the prosecution in the impeachment process against Ramodibedi, which is expected to continue on June 3, 2015.

The suspended chief justice is alleged to have allocated his case against SRA to Justice Mpendulo Simelane in full knowledge that Judge Mpendulo, in his then capacity as Registrar of the High Court of Swaziland, had made both written and oral representation to the SRA on his behalf in the same matter and was accordingly conflicted.

This is in the matter where Ramodibei was demanding payment of E128 000 which was deducted by SRA from his gratuity.
In his affidavit, the lawyer stated that he approached Ramodibedi and told him about Judge Mpendulo’s conflict of interest in the matter.
“He insisted that we must proceed before Judge Mpendulo Simelane as it happened in the Thulani Maseko and Bheki Makhubu’s issues,” reads part of the affidavit. These are allegations contained in an affidavit whose veracity is still to be tested by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and Ramodibedi is yet to respond.

Narrating events leading to the case, the lawyer alleged that during consultations with Ramodibedi it was made clear that they were not friends and went on to make an example that should any warrant of arrest be issued against him (Mbuso) he would sign it.

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Comments (2 posted):

Sizwe Muhirwa on 28/05/2015 09:03:07

The rule of law is the legal principle that law should govern a nation, as opposed to being governed by arbitrary decisions of individual government officials. It primarily refers to the influence and authority of law within society, particularly as a constraint upon behavior, including behavior of government officials.Rule of law implies that every citizen is subject to the law, including law makers themselves. In this sense, it stands in contrast to an autocracy, collective leadership, dictatorship, or oligarchy where the rulers are held above the law. Lack of the rule of law can be found in both democracies and dictatorships, for example because of neglect or ignorance of the law, and the rule of law is more apt to decay if a government has insufficient corrective mechanisms for restoring it. Government based upon the rule of law is called nomocracy.

Gibhiza Mhlanga on 28/05/2015 13:12:15

As interesting as it gets. "He insisted that we must proceed before Judge Mpendula just just as it happened in the Thulani Maseko ad Bheki Makhubu's issues (sic)". Not that we do not know what happened in that case! Question is, with all the rot that has been going on at the Mecca of Justice, how can we be assured more cases were not engineered by lackey judges who are now singing like canary birds? Why is Bheki Makhubu and Thulani Maseko not being released at this point? Is it possible this was for the bidding of someone else? The less said about the deponent of the affidavit: an attorney, the better. Clearly betrayed his oath of office and is as bad as his cohorts.