Parliament ‘obligated’ to remove Malema from JSC if not fit and proper, court told

The Helen Suzman Foundation is suing the National Assembly Speaker to force a review of Julius Malema’s fitness for the Judicial Service Commission.

The foundation argues that Parliament has a duty to review whether the EFF leader remains a fit and proper person to serve on the body, particularly in light of his recent criminal conviction.

Speaker Thoko Didiza has previously contended that the constitution and parliamentary rules do not vest her with the power to initiate the recall or replacement of a National Assembly designee to the JSC on demand by an outside body.