‘Stalingrad tactics’: Justice committee warns magistrates quit before found guilty

Parliament’s justice committee has warned that ‘Stalingrad tactics’ delay magistrate disciplinary processes for years, allowing officials to resign scot-free before finality and avoid accountability.‘Stalingrad tactics’ Nqola said the committee needs to investigate how the disciplinary framework deals with such cases and whether mechanisms exist to ensure that resignations don’t bring serious misbehaviour proceedings to an effective end.“Although she is no longer a judicial officer, the committee expressed concern about the broader implications of magistrates leaving office before disciplinary processes are concluded,” the committee said.