You seem very sure that the transcripts and the recordings will be available and unsullied.

A lot can be done with a rogue cup of coffee.

Can it be verified what exactly was said or is it just a matter of what gets reported in the media?

[Daphne – Yes, of course they are are recorded and transcribed. But that is not the point. The point is that the magistrate sought to give the impression, under oath, that the Commission for the Administration of Justice hasn’t found her to be involved in any wrong-doing. She left out the words ‘s’issa’, which changes the meaning of the sentence completely, the intention being to clear herself before the court and make me out to be a liar. It’s not a coincidence that every reporter present, and I (I took copious notes) understood the same thing.]

If ever the transcripts are different to the actual recordings I would expect that at least, now, the newspaper reporters would come all out, be stromg and start some serious investigative journalism themselves.

Maybe the tape will disappear too or develop a fault. After all, the tape recorder had to be re-started a few times throughout the sitting, right?

You see, that’s the problem when you don’t have much faith left in the system – You start to think that all sorts of things could happen, as they have been known to happen in the past.

My confidence in the court is such that I would not put it past them to fiddle around with the transcripts. How sad is it when your trust in one of the highest institutions in the country goes down the drain.

“Magistrates and judges, on the other hand, should be appointed on MERIT and not based on nepotism or with the help of family and friends. ”

Hear hear, and not just magistrates and judges. The day we get a merit-based system, however, pigs will not only fly but teletransport themselves.

Transcripts have been known to disappear.