Durban – Another legal showdown is looming between lawyers representing five Durban North drug dealers and the magistrate presiding over the trial. This is after the magistrate ordered an “eavesdropping” transcript of what they allegedly said about her behind her back, be referred to their professional bodies.

And, with the criminal case set to go on review to the high court, it is likely that a judge will be the final arbiter on whether Magistrate Najma Kathrada had any right to listen to a recording taken when court was not sitting and then order a transcript of it and make it public.
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