http://politics.za.net/articles/2007/02/04/judges-stop-publicising-our-mistakes en-us 40 Third world country. First world politics. <p>15 judges in Gauteng have written a petition to the Judicial Service Commission condemning them for <a href="http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/weekender.aspx?ID=BD4A375074">discussing bad decisions</a> made by judges. They claim that doing so will harm transformation of the bench, although that&#8217;s not really an excuse you can tell someone after being falsely convicted (or to a family watching a murder suspect who had killed a relative walk free on a technicality). The petition however does have a signatory who is not exactly helping their cause, Judge Nkola Motata</p> <blockquote> <p>...who faced criticism at the commission for the extent of his work backlog and because he left urgent matters incomplete while he attended a golf tournament. He is now on leave pending resolution of drunk driving charges.</p> </blockquote> <p>Those kind of mistakes (especially that drunk driving one) are a little too public to be kept under the table.</p> Sun, 04 Feb 2007 03:24:00 -0500 urn:uuid:f3c6ca147d68528fedc9a1e210c2349b Farrel http://politics.za.net/articles/2007/02/04/judges-stop-publicising-our-mistakes Justice & Constitutional Development The Judiciary