Judge president hopeful forced to apologise for ‘tribalism’ comments

Judge Maake Kganyago said the issue of ‘tribalism’ had been raised when he applied to become a judge five years ago

05 October 2022 - 18:45 By TANIA BROUGHTON

Limpopo judge Maake Kganyago was forced to apologise for and withdraw comments that the division needed to be transformed to be representative of “Pedis, Tsongas and Vendas”...

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