Gauteng advocate struck off the roll for issuing fake divorce orders and RAF judgments
The North Gauteng High Court has removed advocate Banathi Olwethu Masoka from the roll of practising legal practitioners due to serious misconduct involving fraudulent court orders and tax bills.
The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has removed advocate Banathi Olwethu Masoka from the roll of legal practitioners after finding him guilty of issuing fraudulent and invalid court orders and tax bills. Judge T Ngeno and Judge J S Nyathi handed down the judgment in response to an application by the South African Legal Practice Council (LPC) to have Masoka removed from the roll.
Masoka had faced multiple disciplinary charges while employed at the Johannesburg and Pretoria High Courts, including gross dereliction of duty, breach of fiduciary duties, gross negligence and dishonesty. The court found that Masoka issued several fraudulent or invalid court orders and tax bills, including a divorce order for a man named Mr Skosana.
The misconduct demonstrated a serious lack of honesty and integrity, making Masoka unfit to practise law.
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