By Zweli Martin Dlamini

MBABANE: Chief Justice(CJ) Bheki Maphala, has been taken to court by Fezile Matsebula, a employee of the Master of the High Court who is accusing the Head of the Judiciary of having sex with his wife Tengetile Dlamini.

Matsebula ran to court after the wife allegedly influenced the Chief Justice to abuse the powers of the judiciary in an attempt to send him to prison, so the CJ can remain behind and enjoy the sexual relationship with the wife.

The CJ is alleged to have instructed the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions(DPP) to review a Magistrate’s Court domestic violence sentence against Matsebula that had an option of a fine after Master of the High Court employee assaulted his wife who was allegedly caught with the CJ.

The wife is a bodyguard to the Chief Justice and is among other female police officers who are allegedly having sex with the Head of the Judiciary.

In his papers filed in court on Tuesday, Matsebula wants the Chief Justice to be interdicted from presiding over the matter where the Director of Public Prosecutions(DPP) is seeking a review of the domestic violence sentence passed by the Magistrate Court.

“An order declaring the Review proceedings against sentence in terms of Section 81 of the Magistrate’s Court Act No 66 of 1938, under High Court Criminal Review Case No 607/2023(the Review”) before this Honorable Court is being inconsistent with the right to a fair hearing enshrined in Section 21 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Eswatini No 001 of 2005(“the Constitution) unlawful and unconstitutional. The 2nd Respondent be and is hereby interdicted from exercising any of his functions in respect of the Review, including but not limited to, empaneling a Judge to hear the Review allocation of a hearing date for the Review”, reads the court papers in part filed by the Master of the High Court employee.

The Master of the High Court employee wants the court to appoint at least a Principal Judge, the most Senior Judge of the Supreme Court or any other Judge that the court deems fit to exercise the functions of the Chief Justice in this matter as he might be bias against him amid the alleged sexual affair with his wife who is a bodyguard to the Head of the Judiciary.

Matsebula wants the Principal Judge, most senior Judge of the Supreme Court or any other Judge the court may deem fit, to handle the matter and this includes appointing a presiding Judge and allocating a date.