General Council Of The Bar

The General Council of the Bar said criticism of rulings should be voiced with deference to the judiciary

The JSC exceeded its mandate to place the president in a corner in which exercising his wide powers to select the next chief justice have become fettered by popular concerns

Decisions about who is recommended for the advocates’ top honour were always the exclusive terrain of the independent bar councils

This is despite the Constitutional Court quashing a bid to debar the former NPA officials

In a statement on Monday morning, the former ConCourt justice said she would be meeting with Ramaphosa “for a formal presentation and handover”

President Cyril Ramaphosa suspended both Jiba and Mrwebi in October 2018 pending the outcome of the inquiry

In July, the SCA overturned a ruling of the high court in Pretoria that Jiba and Mrwebi be struck from the roll of advocates

Spokesperson Luvuyo Mfaku confirmed on Thursday that the NPA wrote to Freedom under Law this week, informing the organisation of the NPA’s decision

Ramaphosa invited the two to make submissions by August 10 to say why they should not be suspended pending the inquiry

Nomgcobo Jiba, who asked to be placed on special leave pending the Supreme Court of Appeal ruling, returned to work last week

GCB statement follows comments made by the Advocates for Transformation, which said it was "concerned about the intolerable inconsistency" of the Bar

In a statement on Tuesday, it said the decision on whether the GCB should apply for leave to appeal the judgement of the SCA was "extensively debated"

Jiba and Mrwebi’s return to the NPA offices is now imminent as they await the go ahead from National Director of Public Prosecutions Shaun Abrahams

Jiba and Mrwebi were struck off the roll on September 15, 2016, by Judge Francis Legodi

The General Council of the Bar of SA is calling on government to break its silence and condemn "state-sanctioned homophobia" on the continent.