Former legal secretary testimony raises eyebrows over misplaced sexual harassment complaint

FORMER Judicial Service Commission secretary, Kutlwano Moretlwe’s version of events, which related to the misplaced initial sexual harassment complaint lodged by Andiswa Mengo, came under scrutiny at the continuation of the Judicial Conduct Tribunal.

- CHEVON BOOYSEN

Moretlwe continued her testimony for a second day at the Tribunal yesterday, where she was probed by panelist Advocate Nasreen Rajab-Budlender who described Moretlwe's evidence as “concerning”.

According to Moretlwe, she was alerted to a complaint on December 7, 2022 when she was introduced to Mengo who wanted to lodge a complaint against Judge President Selby Mbenenge and this was done late in the day before the courts were to go on their recess period and before Mengo was to depart to the Eastern Cape.

Moretlwe said she had typed the narrated version of Mengo’s complaint as Mengo was emotional during the detailing of her complaint and she saw that it was “going to be a long story”.