Load-shedding crisis forces Joburg high court to go virtual
No power and no reliable generator to keep the lights on at one of the country’s busiest courts
15 January 2023 - 00:05
The deputy judge president of one of South Africa’s busiest courts has directed most of the court hearings to be conducted virtually because of load-shedding and the “failure of the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) and the department of public works to provide a reliable generator”...
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