Without wanting to sound like the proverbial whingeing colonist, we must wonder about what appears to be a drastic decline in the standards of decorum at the local Bar, if Advocate Dali Mpofu, SC, is allowed to get away with his threatening behaviour this week.
After telling parliamentary inquiry chair Qubudile Dyantyi “you will regret this” and “your day will come” when things didn’t go his way, Mpofu complained he was the one being prejudiced in the inquiry into whether suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is fit to hold office.
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Sources close to the Legal Practice Council told us there probably won’t be any move to censure Mpofu because members of the Bar either support him or are afraid of him because he is a member of the Judicial Service Council and they might be worried he will extract vengeance if they are up for judicial positions.
That may be why he has got away with previous bad behaviour, including making inappropriate comments on multiple occasions and telling people to “shut up” at the Zondo commission. Shocking as all this may be, it is not at all surprising.
Why should we expect the legal profession in this country to stick to the rules when no-one else does.
