Parliament's select committee on security and justice has recommended that the National Council of Provinces NCOP confirm the provisional suspension of a magistrate who has been absent from duty since 2019, but continued to receive full remuneration.
The committee on Wednesday also recommended that the NCOP endorse the determination to withhold the remuneration of Ms SS Fredericks, the additional magistrate at Booysens magistrate's court in Johannesburg.
Committee chairperson Jane Seboletswe Mananiso said the recommendation to withhold her remuneration was in terms of the Magistrates Act.
She said the committee's recommendation followed its consideration of the minister of justice and constitutional developments report, tabled in parliament on July 1. The report, dated June 26, was based on advice from the Magistrates Commission after an extended period of unauthorised absence by Fredericks since November 2019, during which she continued to receive full remuneration.
The committee previously heard that the matter was brought to the commissions attention in April 2024, when the secretary of the commission learnt of Fredericks prolonged absence during a departmental leave management meeting.