‘It doesn’t make sense:’ Clerk’s ‘repeated’ abuse claim challenged in Judge Hartle tribunal

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Thozamile Semekazi, a registrar’s clerk who accused Eastern Cape High Court Judge Belinda Hartle of swearing at him and using the k-word during a routine file delivery on 15 May 2025, was grilled over a doctor’s report linking his feelings of worthlessness to “repeated” criticism at work.

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