EFF Defends Judge Keightley against Afriforum’s Recusal request

Johnathan Paoli

THE recusal application by Afriforum of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) Judge Raylene Keightley, has come under fire from the EFF, who said that the party was disgusted by Afriforum’s consistent and opportunistic legal attacks against the party and called this waste of the time of the judiciary, as nothing but an elaborate Fundraising exercise.

AfriForum, officially requested that acting Judge of Appeal Raylene Keightley recuse herself from further participation in the panel of judges who must rule on AfriForum’s appeal application against Julius Malema and the EFF’s use of the chant “Kill the Boer”.

This request was made after it came to light that Keightley had previously criticized AfriForum in court in 2018.

In a letter sent to the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Appeal earler in the month, AfriForum asked that Keightley should follow her conscience and recuse herself. 

However, they indicated that if