The Judicial Conduct Tribunal against Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge has been postponed to the 30 June due to the unavailability of witnesses.
This comes after the body ruled that gender expert, Lisa Vetten should be allowed to testify before the landmark probe into sexual harassment allegations against Mbenenge.
This after evidence leader, Advocate Salome Scheepers indicated on Monday that she is not ready to close her case and that it is in the interests of justice to call the gender expert - a request Judge President Mbenenges counsel objected to.
The Tribunal, in its ruling delivered by Chairperson, retired Judge President Bernard Ngoepe, stated that it would rather err on the side of caution and allow the evidence.
Having considered the matter properly, we have the view that we should rather err on the side of caution, rather allow evidence, even though there is argument about its relevance, allow it nevertheless to be given. We allow it to be given because we are confident that if it is irrelevant, well be able to hold accordingly at any time, even at the end of that particular evidence, we will say it is irrelevant and then we will put it aside. Contrast that with the situation where you exclude evidence, which might well be relevant and material. We think that in that case, we would have erred.