Tafa misdirected himself � CoA Judges

“The power to appoint such a judge properly vests in the JSC [Judicial Service Commission]. To the extent that the President may have any discretion, I entertain no doubt that such discretion must be exercised rationally and for a legitimate governmental purpose and certainly not at the ‘whim of the President’,” said deputy Chief Justice of Namibia Petrus Damaseb.

Two High Court Judges Terrence Rannowane and Leatile Dambe, retired deputy president of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, Louis Harms and retired Chief Justice of Zambia Ernest Sakala concurred. This was in the appeal case in which Tafa had ordered that the appointment of Isaac Lesetedi, Monametsi Gaongalelwe, John Foxcroft,John Cameron, Arthur Hamilton and Craig Howie was invalid in that the President had no right to reappoint them to the bench.