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.

The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has struck advocate and former High Court registrar off the roll of practising legal practitioners after finding that his conduct involving fraudulent and invalid court orders and tax bills demonstrated a serious lack of honesty and integrity.

Acting Judge T Ngeno together with Judge J S Nyathi, handed down the judgment in an application brought by the South African Legal Practice Council (LPC) to have Banathi Olwethu Masoka removed from the roll.

Masoka was admitted as an advocate in February 2011 and later worked as a registrar at the Johannesburg High Court before being transferred to the Pretoria High Court.

While employed by the Office of the Chief Justice, he faced eight disciplinary charges, including gross dereliction of duty, breach of fiduciary duties, gross negligence and dishonesty.