We have as the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development learnt with a great sense of shock and sadness of the passing on of Judge Herbert Msimang. He was the Judge President of the High Court in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal.
I have known Judge Msimang for a long time and he was one of the best students the University of Zululand has ever produced. He was appointed to the position of the Judge-President not so long ago. Many in the judiciary and the legal fraternity were still expecting to learn more from him.
He was one of the sharp legal minds and has contributed a lot in his field of profession towards the advancement of the course of democracy.
On behalf of government, I would like to express our deepest condolences to the Msimang family. His passing is a loss that extends to the judiciary as a whole and the entire legal fraternity.
He will be remembered for his bravery and independent legal mind.