Johnathan Paoli
Pretoria High Court Judge Tintswalo Makhubele is expected to resume her evidence on Friday before the Judicial Conduct Tribunal probing allegations of misconduct against her.
The former interim board chair of the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) is accused of holding the position as well as the post of judge simultaneously and undermining the independence of the judiciary.
In addition, the judge is accused of improperly involving herself in litigation between the parastatal and a contractor implicated by state-capture investigations.
Makhubele on Thursday disputed the evidence brought by Judge President Dunstan Mlambo that she failed to take up office in the beginning of January 2018 and said that she had agreed to only start on 1 April by which time she was reasonably expected to have resigned from interim position at Prasa.
The judge said that she had indicated her intention to dispute the evidence Mlambo gave
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