New Bill to rein in moonlighting judges

Hlophe claimed the late Dullah Omar, a former Justice Minister, gave him verbal permission to do remunerated work for Oasis Group Holdings. The JSC was unable to find evidence that no such verbal permission had been given. A report in Business Day says a key clause is to be added to the Judicial Service Commission Amendment Bill, introduced to Parliament last week. The clause prohibits judges from holding any other office for profit unless it is on an approved list. Chief Justice Pius Langa and Justice Minister Brigitte Mabandla are instructed in the clause to develop such a list, which will have to be approved by Parliament and then published in the Government Gazette. He said the list would apply only to judges in active service. For judges discharged from active service, work for which they were remunerated could be undertaken only after obtaining written consent from the minister, after consultation with the Chief Justice. Full report in Business Day