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'Julius Malema should be removed from JSC': 6 questions with Casac's Lawson Naidoo

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EFF leader Julius Malema who is also a member of the JSC.
EFF leader Julius Malema who is also a member of the JSC.
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News24's James de Villiers speaks to Lawson Naidoo from the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac)  on why they have asked Parliament to remove EFF leader Julius Malema from the JSC, the state of the judiciary, and what should be done to improve it.

The Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac) wrote to National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise in March to take account against EFF leader Julius Malema’s "unbecoming" comments about judges.

During week-long interviews of judges at the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), Malema - representing the National Assembly - questioned the independence of the judiciary, and asked a judge why he had made a defamation cost order against the EFF.  

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