Court orders magistrate to start paying papgeld

A senior Limpopo magistrate’s failure to plead his case has led to a court ordering him to pay R7,200 maintenance for an 11-year-old child he denies is his.

This ruling came after a 40-year-old court interpreter at the Thohoyandou magistrate's court dragged the magistrate to court to force him to pay for maintenance for the child. ..

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