7. The Select Committee noted from the report tabled by the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development that the Magistrates Commission resolved on 7 March 2008 to recommend that Mr Masimini be removed from office on the ground of misconduct. 8. The Select Committee noted that Mr Masimini was convicted in a court of law of assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm emanating from an incident at a tavern in the district of Ezibeleni. He assaulted a woman by pulling her by her hair and hitting her with a glass tumbler on her chin, causing an open wound.