Deputy Judge President to decide on date for Home Affairs DG hearing
3 October 2017
Pretoria – Former Home Affairs Director-General Mkuseli Apleni's court application challenging his suspension has been sent to the Deputy Judge President to allocate a date for the matter to be heard.
The matter, which was scheduled to be heard at the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday, did not sit. Apleni's attorney, SJ Thema said the matter could not proceed because the court roll was clogged.
"This matter, because of its nature and complexity, she [judge] would rather defer it to the Deputy Judge President to give us a special allocation, so the legal practitioners are meeting with the deputy on Thursday and he will give us a directive on the allocation of a judge who will preside over the matter," he explained.
Thema said Apleni's suspension raised constitutional issues.