SADTU has called for an investigation into the conduct of former Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo, who chaired the Phala Phala independent panel, and Justice Thokozile Masipa, for making findings based on hearsay evidence.
The teachers’ union said its National Executive Committee also resolved this weekend to lodge a formal complaint against Ngcobo and Masipa.
The panel, in its final report to Parliament, found that there was “prima facie” evidence that President Cyril Ramaphosa had breached the Constitution in relation to his handling of the robbery at his Phala Phala farm.
The panel made a total of four findings against Ramaphosa in its 87-page report and conceded that some of the evidence placed before it was based on hearsay.
SADTU said “a review of the report reveals that it is fundamentally flawed.”
“The Panel and its members made findings based on hearsay evidence in circumstances where the hearsay evidence is wholly
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