Mpofu's 'day has come'

HEARING: ADVOCATE SET TO APPEAR BEFORE LEGAL PRACTICE COUNCIL

- Faizel Patel

Advocate Dali Mpofu is accused of threatening Qubudile Dyantyi, the chair of the Section 194 impeachment inquiry into Busisiwe Mkhwebane, and also falsely impugning the character of her predecessor Thuli Madonsela.

Mpofu is also alleged to have made inappropriate and defamatory "sexual innuendo," directed at the then president of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA).

These are just three of the seven charges Mpofu will face when he appears before the Legal Practice Council's (LPC) disciplinary committee.

Mpofu is accused of breaching the code of conduct for legal practitioners by the LPC in a multiple misconduct complaint.

The LPC has asked Mpofu to appear before the committee on 30 April.

The Citizen contacted Mpofu for comment but had not received a response at the time of going to print. The charge sheet relates to "various complaints" without identifying the complainants.

It has taken the LPC two and a half years to formally charge Mpofu.