ANC gets on the wrong side of the office of the Chief Justice!
This comes after the party allegedly in their election campaign poster used the image of Deputy Chief Justice Judge Mandisa Maya.
In a statement realesed by the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) on Saturday, 18 Novembers, it states that it has been brought to the attention of the OCJ that there's a purported African National Congress (ANC) election campaign poster circulating on social media bearing the image of Deputy Chief Justice Maya.
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"According to the image of the poster in possession of the OCJ, the poster appears to have been posted on the ANC’s X page under the handle @MYANC,” read the statement.
It further stated that the OCJ wishes to inform the public that this inappropriate use of the Deputy Chief Justice’s image in an election campaign poster was not authorised by Deputy Chief Justice Maya or the OCJ.
"For the record, Deputy Chief Justice Maya is not a member of the ANC or any other political party. Article 12(1)(a) of the Code of Judicial Conduct prohibits Judges from belonging any political party.
The OCJ concluded that it is expected that those responsible for this unauthorised use of the Deputy Chief Justice’s image, immediately desist and remove it from all online platforms where it has been published, and to publicly and unreservedly apologise to the Deputy Chief Justice for this unfortunate incident.
