THREE UNPLEASANT THEORIES WHY PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA APPOINTED MLAMBO JP DEPUTY CHIEF JUSTICE

1. Former State Security Agency Director General ('SSA DG') Arthur Fraser described on affidavit in April 2021 how Mlambo JP (as he then was) illegally removed a politically sensitive case from the court roll at President Ramaphosa's illegal request. Mlambo JP naturally denied the charge. In deciding whether or not Fraser told the truth about this and Mlambo JP lied in denying it, consider that Fraser's criminal complaint against President Ramaphosa on 1 June 2022, supplemented by the further information he provided to the police three weeks later, about the burglary of millions of US dollars illegally obtained and illegally concealed in his furniture at his Phala Phala game farm, and about the illegal cover-up that followed, checked out and proved to be true, according to Falcon Investigations, a team of investigative journalists who conducted an independant, private investigation of the case – as the Sunday Independent reported on 4 December 2022. (In other news, Fraser sued in December 2022 for orders reviewing and setting aside Zondo DCJ's (as he then was) State Capture report implicating him without a hearing. Reported here too.)

Mlambo JP's congeniality in illegally obliging Ramaphosa tin this way might explain why the latter fixed him an acting appointment to the Constitutional Court, working through the Minister of Justice and flouting all norms in the process. The Economic Freedom Fighters opposition party complained about this gross irregularity, but the Public Protector didn't find it unlawful.

Ramaphosa finally rewarded Mlambo JP by appointing him Deputy Chief Justice, following a crudely rigged selection process.

2. Economic Freedom Fighters member Carl Niehaus MP believes Ramaphosa gave Mlambo JP the big job in return for arranging the sealing the records of his funding sources for his presidential election campaign in 2017, in which famous criminals and fixers played a major role. Watch this interview for about three minutes from the point the clip starts.

3. African Transformation Movement leader Vuyo Zungula MP believes it was 'a quid pro quo' for ruling in his favour in the Phala Phala matter. Watch from about two fifths into this short video.