The lawyers representing the murder-accused former army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli and other soldiers on Tuesday threatened to file a constitutional application to oppose the recruitment of foreign judges to try the cases involving members of the country's security agencies.
They said the impending recruitment of foreign judges which was communicated to them by Chief Justice, Nthomeng Majara, on Tuesday morning amounted to an interference on the independence of the judiciary.
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