The Nation Magazine warns Swaziland acting Chief Justice Michael “Makhulu Baas” Ramodibedi!!!

“When Acting Chief Justice Michael Ramodibedi stood before his peers and the country as a whole at the official opening of the High Court last month, and went into an unprecedented show of beating his breast, Tarzan-style, calling himself a “Makhulu Baas”, I almost wept. I am not sure whether I almost wept for the man himself or the levels to which our Judiciary has sunk.

“… Ramodibedi’s choice of words was very interesting (at the opening of the High Court). He calls himself a ‘Makhulu Baas’, a word he dug up from the cesspit of apartheid South Africa. He now comes to this country to use it against us. What does this mean in real teams?

“… If one was to indulge Justice Ramodibedi in such despicable use of language, perhaps one would advise him that in Swaziland, the is only one “Makhulu Baas”. We all know who he is….What is most disturbing about Justice Ramodibedi’s behavior is that he was exerting his authority mainly on his colleagues, the Judges of the High Court.

“… Justice Ramodibrdi must not misinterpret the silence of his remarks, or think that in getting his way he has beaten the judges of the High Court into line. For I say again – and I beg the good judge to know and understand this saying – awulali Ngwane, kulala emehlo! It’s important, Your Worship! It is very important!

BY BHEKI MAKHUBU, EDITOR OF THE NATION MAGAZINE WRITING IN THIS MONTH’S EDITION OF THE NATION (February 2010).