{"id":67396,"date":"2022-06-03T12:31:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T10:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=67396"},"modified":"2022-06-03T12:31:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T10:31:03","slug":"18-calls-between-abramjee-and-justice-kollapen-jsc-and-hawks-must-investigate-mkhwebane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/18-calls-between-abramjee-and-justice-kollapen-jsc-and-hawks-must-investigate-mkhwebane\/","title":{"rendered":"18 calls between Abramjee and Justice Kollapen, JSC and Hawks must investigate – Mkhwebane"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"By Raahil Sain<\/strong>
\n02:06:2022
\n<\/strong>
\nPublic Protector Busiswe Mkhwebane called on the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) and the Hawks to investigate a matter after her office’s preliminary investigations revealed 18 calls exchanged between consultant Ismail Abramjee and a phone number registered under the name Narandran Kollapen.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the ConCourt dismissed Mkhwebane’s application for a rescission of its ruling that all but one of the parliamentary rules governing a long-awaited inquiry into her fitness to hold office were lawful.<\/p>\n

Mkhwebane argued that the inquiry should not proceed until investigations into Abramjee’s text to Parliament’s advocate Andrew Breitenbach SC were finalised.<\/p>\n

The 18 calls were reportedly\u00a0exchanged between 4 January 2022 and 22 April 2022, two days before Adv. Andrew Breitenbach SC received the controversial SMS.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Radio Islam, Judges Matter researcher Mbekezeli Benjamin said that when the calls were made, Kollapen was a member of a foundation of which Abramjee was a spokesperson.<\/p>\n

“So you can imagine people who work together in that context would ordinarily have several calls over three months,” Benjamin said.<\/p>\n

Benjamin said there was a lot of unclear information, and Kollapen was yet to give his version.<\/p>\n

“There are quite a number of questions that the preliminary report by the Public Protector still raises. We are still not clear on a number of issues,” he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Benjamin added that the Chief Justice has committed to investigating the matter.<\/p>\n

“The Chief Justice would have an opportunity to speak to the judge to find out what happened on his side.”<\/p>\n

Benjamin said several issues needed to be clarified.<\/p>\n

“Ordinarily, it’s not a good thing communication made to a third party from the court.”<\/p>\n

“The law is clear that judges may not communicate any information they have received through their judicial role to a third party; any communication must be done through proper channels.”<\/p>\n

“I think that is the one concern, but like I said, we don’t know what transpired, and we will have to wait for the Chief Justice’s report”, he said.<\/p>\n

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