(Daily Maverick-South Africa) Des Erasmus - Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng had been ordered by the Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC) to apologize and retract comments he made about South Africa's relationship with Israel in June 2020. He was supplied with a scripted version of what he should say. He said Sunday that God had given him "rock-solid grounds" to appeal the findings of the JCC and called its decision "narrow-minded, flawed and superficial." "If I get to the point where there is a judgment that says, 'You must say you hate Israel and the Jews,' I would rather cease to be Chief Justice...because my God has instructed me to love and not to hate. I hate evil deeds, I don't hate anybody." "I was found guilty of four counts of misconduct. And the question is, why? It is because under instruction of the Lord I accepted an invitation from the Chief Rabbi of South Africa to share a platform with him on a Jerusalem Post webinar."
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