Judge Nkola Motata has admitted to drinking on the night of his car accident, in a four-page response to an AfriForum complaint to the JSC.

Pretoria High Court Judge Nkola Motata on Tuesday filed for leave to appeal his drunken driving conviction and sentence in the Johannesburg Magistrate

The protracted drunken-driving trial of Judge Nkola Motata is not over yet as his defence indicated on Wednesday he will apply for leave to appeal.

Judge Nkola Motata will on Wednesday afternoon be handed his sentence for drunken driving in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court.

The accident in which two pointsmen were killed by an suspected drunk driver on Sunday morning has highlighted the vulnerability of motorcyclists.

With Judge Nkola Motata not having testified, what has been put to witnesses on his behalf should not be taken into account, the state says.