A COUNTRY-WIDE go-slow strike action by magistrates has brought the country's lower courts to a virtual standstill. Justice and Correctional Services Minister Mokhele Moletsane has urged the magistrates to halt their strike action and go back to work.
Several criminal cases could not proceed this week as the magistrates simply boycotted their benches. For instance, the alleged rape case of the former Minister of Law and Constitutional Affairs, Mootsi Lehata, failed to proceed as there were no magistrates in the courts after they began their go slow action on Monday.
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