Court officials in Port St Johns, on the Wild Coast, have complained after a local magistrate allegedly failed to arrive in court and had to be fetched from home. When he finally arrived, a local newspaper reports he was jacketless and his tie was skew. Cases then had to be heard in a downstairs staff room because the magistrate was unable to climb the stairs to the courtroom. While evidence was heard, the magistrate relaxed further by taking off his shoes and stretching out in his socks. But I don't think I'll be trying the version offered a few days ago on the restaurant menu of a Harare department store.
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