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http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/20...rned-R14-million-since-drunk-driving-incidentJudge Nkola Motata who was found guilty of drunken driving is still drawing his full salary and has cost taxpayers nearly R14 million since he was placed in special leave in January 2007.
FF Plus chief whip Corné Mulder said on Tuesday that this had been confirmed by Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha in reply to a parliamentary question.
Motata was found guilty of drunk driving by the Johannesburg High Court in 2009 and was sentenced to a fine of R20 000 or 12 months imprisonment.
“It now appears that the legal process against Motata has still not been finalised and that it was extended in the past nine years with various legal actions based on technicalities by the suspended judge. The matter is currently before the Judicial Conduct Tribunal‚” said Mulder.
Masutha stated in his reply that judge Motata’s special leave was not subject to him paying back a portion of his salary should the Judicial Conduct Tribunal find him guilty of gross misconduct.
Mulder said it was a “disgrace that the process was allowed to be indefinitely protracted” while taxpayers footed the bill.
“The FF Plus will now put pressure on the Judicial Conduct Tribunal to finalise this matter without delay‚ and insists that Motata pays back a part of his salary‚” said Mulder.