{"id":213290,"date":"2016-05-10T15:49:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T15:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=213290"},"modified":"2016-05-10T15:49:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T15:49:29","slug":"sa-judge-in-race-rape-row-to-be-probed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/05\/sa-judge-in-race-rape-row-to-be-probed\/","title":{"rendered":"SA judge in race rape row to be probed"},"content":{"rendered":"
A white South African judge is to be investigated for alleged misconduct after she purportedly said on Facebook that rape was part of black culture.<\/p>\n
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) said a top black advocate had lodged a complaint against Judge Mabel Jansen.<\/p>\n
The justice minister has been asked to put her on special leave, while the complaint is dealt with, the JSC added.<\/p>\n
Judge Jansen was widely condemned after her purported comments went viral on social media at the weekend.<\/p>\n
She said, in posts attributed to her, that the gang-rape of babies, girls and women was seen as a “pleasurable” pastime by black men.<\/p>\n
The judge said the comments had been made in a private Facebook exchange with South African activist Gillian Schutte, and had been taken out of context.<\/p>\n
Ms Schutte said she made the comments public to expose the “deep racism and colonial thinking” prevalent in South Africa.<\/p>\n
The JSC said it was confident that the complaint lodged by lawyer Vuyani Ngalwana would be dealt with in a “just and proper” way by its conduct committee.<\/p>\n
After discussions with Judge Jansen, a proposal had been made to Justice Minister Michael Masutha to give her special leave, it added in a statement.<\/p>\n
In the posts attributed to her, the judge said: “In their culture a woman is there to pleasure them. Period. It is seen as an absolute right and a woman’s consent is not required.”<\/p>\n