Chairperson, Adv T V D Matyolo disappeared from his office. The department, through the Magistrates' Commission, followed all the processes in respect of making sure that he came and appeared before that relevant structure to answer as to why he was not going to work as stipulated in his contract. Unfortunately he did not do that. They followed him to his home but he was nowhere to be found.
Therefore, the commission, in accordance with its rights, recommended that this magistrate should be removed from office. They recommended that to the Minister. The Minister, in turn, because she can't remove him before asking for permission from yours truly, wrote a letter to him and my committee informing us they were removing the magistrate from office because he disappeared for more than eight months. During those eight months he was receiving his salary.
Because yours truly is so democratic, I wrote a letter to Matyolo to say that I couldn't remove him now but I wanted him to give us reasons why we couldn't remove him from office. Guess what? He didn't respond - for the whole month. Therefore, I accept the recommendation by the Minister and the committee, led by yours truly, that this Chamber, the august House, accepts the recommendations that Adv Matyolo be removed from office because he is irresponsible. I thank you. [Applause.]