3. The Select Committee further noted that Mr Zwelibanzi was convicted of misconduct on two previous occasions (in 1998 and 2003) for infringements that included unauthorized absence from office, failure to enter results of criminal trials in the criminal record book, failure to timeously respond to reviewing judges' queries and failure to timeously refer a case for automatic review. He had also been convicted of driving a motor vehicle whilst intoxicated, and had been suspended from office for a period of six (6) months by the then Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development. At the most recent misconduct hearing (2007), Mr Zwelibanzi had pleaded guilty to all the charges levelled against him. He again, on numerous occasions absented himself from office without leave or valid cause.