Free State Judge President says leave for Judge Lekale is administrative right [SOUND]

# Free State Judge President Cagney Musi says granting sick leave to a judge is a standard workplace administrative right. He was testifying before the Judicial Conduct Tribunal in Johannesburg, investigating whether Judge Lepono Joshua Lekale was medically fit to remain on the bench. The tribunal is the first of its kind to examine a judge’s alleged medical incapacity. Musi said granting leave to Judge Lekale was an administrative decision and should not be interpreted as a finding on his fitness to perform judicial duties: