Mkhwebane hearing: Court judgments are just 'opinions', says Dali Mpofu

[rvZA]

Court rulings are just "opinions", and those against Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane are "blatantly wrong", her counsel, advocate Dali Mpofu SC, told the Section 194 Committee.

The committee will decide whether Mkhwebane is competent for the position of Public Protector.

Mpofu represented Mkhwebane in some of the court findings against her.

Also, the previous day, Mpofu objected to a witness' evidence being led because, according to him, it didn't relate to the four court cases upon which the misconduct and incompetence charges against Mkhwebane were built.

In the end, the testimony of Baldwin Neshunzi did relate to one of the court matters, and also provided another piece in the puzzle of the State Security Agency's involvement at the Office of the Public Protector.

Mkhwebane hearing: Court judgments are just 'opinions', says Dali Mpofu | News24

Court rulings are just "opinions", and those against Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane are "blatantly wrong", her counsel, advocate Dali Mpofu SC, told the Section 194 Committee.

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[rvZA]

Only in SA..... would they allow a person like this to represent people and appear before a court.

 

[Fulcrum29]

To think of the capacity in which this man served on the JSC...

 

[GrootVoet]

If he is the best black lawyer in the country than its a embarrassment to black lawyers, what does it say about the quality of the law profession.

 

[TheChamp]

If he is the best black lawyer in the country than its a embarrassment to black lawyers, what does it say about the quality of the law profession.

What do you think, is he the best black lawyer in the land? He is the defeater of Afriforum, anyone who defeats those right wingers is the best lawyer in the whole world.

 

[ForceFate]

If he is the best black lawyer in the country than its a embarrassment to black lawyers, what does it say about the quality of the law profession.

He's a celebrity lawyer and not the best in the country. Where do you get that?

 

[rvZA]

He's a celebrity lawyer and not the best in the country. Where do you get that?

Agreed. He is a clown and you can see that. Should never have been admitted as an attorney in the first place.

 

[daveza]

The Hlaudi of the legal fraternity.

 

[ForceFate]

Agreed. He is a clown and you can see that. Should never have been admitted as an attorney in the first place.

He has won high profile cases in the past so, he's probably a competent lawyer with the ego the size of a small planet.

 

[PrimeSteak]

Mkhwebane hearing: Court judgments are just 'opinions', says Dali Mpofu | News24

Court rulings are just "opinions", and those against Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane are "blatantly wrong", her counsel, advocate Dali Mpofu SC, told the Section 194 Committee.

www.news24.com

That's Dali alright. Tbh he embodies RET in heart and soul.

Never heard before that court judgements are just opinions and if you don't agree they're wrong opinions...

 

[daveza]

He has won high profile cases in the past so, he's probably a competent lawyer with the ego the size of a small planet.

Even a broken clock is correct twice a day.

 

[TheChamp]

That's Dali alright. Tbh he embodies RET in heart and soul.

Never heard before that court judgements are just opinions and if you don't agree they're wrong opinions...

They are indeed opinions so there isn't much of a scandal about that. They do carry more weight than an opinion of a regular person on the street but they are still opinions, that's why a different judge can overrule the decision of an earlier court because his or her opinion would be different.

There is also nothing scandalous about him saying they are wrong, that's obviously his opinion which does not matter at the end of the day since the court is empowered to have made that decision, regardless of whether he agrees with it or not he has to abide by it.

 

[TheChamp]

Even a broken clock is correct twice a day.

You guys are full of drama, we might have a different opinion of just how good he is but the guy is certainly not a moron that you would compare to Hlaudi, he is a fully qualified and competent lawyer who has seen plenty courtrooms and won plenty cases.

If he is indeed such a moron what does that say about the DA lawyers he defeated when he was representing De lille or the Afriforum lawyers he ran rings around when he was representing Thandi Modise?

 

[Vrotappel]

Muthi rotted his brain.

 

[PrimeSteak]

If he is indeed such a moron what does that say about the DA lawyers he defeated when he was representing De lille or the Afriforum lawyers he ran rings around when he was representing Thandi Modise?

Of course, you'd somehow bring the DA into this...

 

[PrimeSteak]

They are indeed opinions so there isn't much of a scandal about that. They do carry more weight than an opinion of a regular person on the street but they are still opinions, that's why a different judge can overrule the decision of an earlier court because his or her opinion would be different.

There is also nothing scandalous about him saying they are wrong, that's obviously his opinion which does not matter at the end of the day since the court is empowered to have made that decision, regardless of whether he agrees with it or not he has to abide by it.

As Pillay asked (former commissioner of SARS that got taken out along with JvL by Zuma and co):

Pillay asked: "How can opinions be binding?"

 

[ForceFate]

Even a broken clock is correct twice a day.

Not all of them.

 

[TheChamp]

Of course, you'd somehow bring the DA into this...

The DA lawyers, I take it they don't employ incompetent lawyers?

I do apologize for bringing your precious DA into it but I needed to prove a point, I also brought Afriforum into it to balance things out.

 

[PrimeSteak]

I do apologize for bringing your precious DA into it but I needed to prove a point, I also brought Afriforum into it to balance things out.

Nah, that's your default setting for most responses at this point. I expect nothing less really.

 

[TheChamp]

As Pillay asked (former commissioner of SARS that got taken out along with JvL by Zuma and co):

I bet he thought it was the brightest thing to ask.

Of course opinions can be binding if they are from a compent authority, lockdown regulations were binding on us even though they were simply opinions from those entrusted with authority.

Laws that are passed in parliament start as someone's opinion and end up as binding laws on us, we disagree with them all the time but they are binding nonetheless.