Judge Mabel Jansen faces JSC complaint over alleged collusion with ‘Boere Mafia’

Disgraced former Pretoria High Court Judge Mabel Jansen – who made headlines last year for her controversial comments on Facebook regarding black men and rape – reportedly faces a complaint of “gross misconduct” recently lodged against her at the Judicial Services Commission (JSC).

This after the complaint was filed by Mpumalanga farmer Johan Le Roux against her for allegedly colluding with the province’s so-called “Boere Mafia” to, among other things, help them fraudulently take over his family’s R211-million farm called Plaston for a meagre R28 million, The Star reported on Friday.

According to the report, Jansen presided over the case involving the liquidation of the farm from February 2015 to March 2016.

Le Roux’s founding affidavit, seen by the paper, alleged that Jansen delivered an “outrageous” default judgment in September 2015, which led to Plaston being liquidated in order for the “Boere Mafia” to purchase the farm during a public auction at a price below market value.

He also claims his legal representatives were not given an opportunity to argue against liquidation.

“The ‘Boere Mafia’ are supposedly remnants of apartheid’s Broederbond secret society, whom advocate BJ Bredenkamp, a former senior prosecutor at the National Prosecuting Authority, once described as being too powerful to be investigated,” the reported stated.

The JSC has confirmed receipt of the 2 000-page complaint from Le Roux, and said the matter had been referred to the Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC), which deals with complaints against judges, to rule on whether there was merit in the case.

Jansen abruptly resigned as a judge with immediate effect earlier this year in May.

Le Roux told the paper if his complaint fell away due to the resignation, he would approach the Supreme Court of Appeal or the Constitutional Court for relief.

Meanwhile, it is also reported the Black Lawyers Association (BLA) confirmed it was considering taking her to the Equality Court for the “racially offensive statements” she wrote on Facebook in 2015.

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