It can’t be argued that we didn’t know what we were getting when President Zuma decided to appoint Mogoeng as the CJ of South Africa. Mogoeng was apparently already well-known among the judiciary for his strong religious beliefs, and he certainly didn’t hide his position during his public interview.
I have, in fact, been a supporter of the CJ since he was appointed. He is, however, off the mark on Israel, and his pronouncements on the COVID vaccine were bizarre, to say the list.
While I have no quarrel with his strong religious beliefs, after all, as he himself asserts, this is guaranteed in the best constitution in the world, I have a problem with his naïveté. On the one hand, he allows himself to be used by the Israeli lobby, while on the other he espouses cultish beliefs. This wouldn’t matter much from an ordinary person or a minor leader, but to be coming from the CJ of the country, especially while acting in his official capacity, is problematic.
Although he has opted to challenge the sanction of the JCC on his Israel pronouncements, he would do himself a great deal of good if he simply apologised and moved on.
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