Call for urgent reforms to address safety, remuneration and perks

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- YOSHINI PERUMAL

FRUSTRATED Durban magistrates downed their gavels to join a picket in their red and black robes outside the Durban Magistrate’s Court last week, calling for better working conditions, higher pay and perks.

They demanded an end to “systemic discrimination” in the judicial system after their concerns about remuneration was ignored for years.

Magistrate Scelo Zuma, from the Judicial Officers’ Association of South Africa (Joasa), said while recommendations were made to the president and the Judicial Service Commission regarding the changes that were required, no action was taken.