Legal council staffer's bid to stop hearing flops

An employee of the Legal Practice Council (LPC) accused of being involved in an "elaborate and corrupt scheme" with attorneys has failed in her bid to stop disciplinary proceedings against her.

- Tania Broughton

Johannesburg Labour Court Judge Edwin Tlhotlhalemaje, in a recent ruling, said it was clear that Zandile Madonsela was doing everything possible to frustrate the disciplinary process.

She is accused of working with attorneys to falsify their audits and provide them with Fidelity Fund certificates and certificates of good standing.

Tlhotlhalemaje said courts could only intervene in incomplete disciplinary proceedings in the most exceptional cases and dismissed her urgent application.

Madonsela had been employed by the LPC in its Gauteng offices as an administrator in the risk and assessment department since 2019.