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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Acting KwaZulu-Natal judge president Isaac Madondo, who was accused of being “homophobic” during a previous Judicial Service Commission (JSC) interview, is back again, vying for the judge president position in the KwaZulu-Natal division.<\/p>\n

In April, Madondo was the only person the JSC interviewed for the post, but he was not recommended.<\/p>\n

At the time, commissioner Narend Singh asked him about what he had written in a chapter in a book, Revelations of God’s Truth and Plan, which was published in 2019. Singh wanted to know if Madondo thought the extract could be construed as homophobic.<\/p>\n

But Madondo responded that the chapter was quoted out of context and that in its entirety, it “doesn’t portray that”.<\/p>\n

He also said the chapter was about God and the Bible, and denied that he was homophobic.<\/p>\n

JSC member Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said at the time:<\/p>\n

On Friday, Deputy Chief Justice Mandisa Maya, who chairs the interviews, asked Madondo to address the commission on a submission he had made in his application.<\/p>\n

Madondo responded that after realising how some of the commissioners interpreted the portion of the book, he decided to “review” it and put it into “proper context and perspective”.<\/p>\n

Judicial Service Commission recommends three candidates for Gauteng High Court Bench<\/p>\n

“The way it was interpreted is not what I intended to convey. That concerned me much to such an extent that I was accused of being homophobic, so I said let me look at this thing and see how I can address it because I didn’t want to be offensive; maybe I made a mistake somehow. So, I corrected what they complained of,” he said.<\/p>\n

Madondo added he had also enrolled for a “leading diversity and inclusion course to learn more about this” at Cape Town university, and to enhance his leadership skills.<\/p>\n

Madondo added:<\/p>\n

Maya asked: “Are you saying you made changes to the text of the book?”<\/p>\n

Madondo said: “I made changes to what they were complaining of. Just to remove the text that they complained of.”<\/p>\n

The judge and two others are vying for the position.<\/p>\n

The interviews continue.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. Acting KwaZulu-Natal judge president Isaac Madondo, who was accused of being “homophobic” during a previous Judicial Service Commission (JSC) interview, is back again, vying for the judge president position in the KwaZulu-Natal division. In April, Madondo was the only person the JSC interviewed for the post, but he was not recommended. 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