JSC interview of Advocate B R Tokota SC for the Eastern Cape High Court (Judges Matter)

Judicial Service Commission October 2016 interview of Advocate B R Tokota for the Eastern Cape High Court.
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[@shevshenko1432]

Whether you like it or not the old man is brilliant and cannot be intimidated, he is principled.

[@andrewsiyomunji8260]

He is been there and done that and its clear he can see through Malema.

[@dumisani685]

Yes he is principled man no intimidation whatsoever.

[@melusibuthelezi7707]

💯 right and the question from Malema is unnecessary

[@nokomahlachane2591]

This is the best interview I have seen. His reasoning capacity is sharp. Malema tried to corner him but he wouldn't budge. What a wise man.

[@mzukulukadezingana9426]

Yhaaaa Dokota is very intelligent in this issue of taking this questions

[@annetjieEnslin]

YES HE WAS WAKE-UP. 😂

[@patricklangat681]

I am a Kenyan but I must comment on advocate Tokota. Old is gold.

[@akramebrahim1446]

Never get tired of watching this gentleman. I hope he is still practicing law.

[@Vusumzi23]

He is my brother and extremely competent at it constantly.

[@NtateMap]

I think he is still practicing the law. I once checked judges at some Divisions in Eastern Cape...I came across a name by Tokota surname

[@goldenmatongo5]

Tokota is a law abiding advocate. Well organized old judge. Hands up for you, you just inspired me.

[@aaronmthembu6297]

Adv Tokota you are hilarious

[@JohnBradley-ys4dj]

Do you know you can make R80,000 in 7 days

[@JohnBradley-ys4dj]

@@aaronmthembu6297 Do you know you can make R80,000 in 7 days

[@MichaelMakgoba]

This old man is indeed good and I totally agree when you argue with facts no one can defeat you....

[@JohnBradley-ys4dj]

Do you know you can make R80,000 in 7 days

[@dewildemukadi7713]

You are such an honorable man. South Africa will be proud to see you serving on the bench.

[@Bavuma_]

Give this man a standing ovation.

[@alexgooner2504]

Brilliant rebuttal from Advocate Tokota! Thoroughly enjoyed his appearance!

[@timothygrant8435]

I watch this interview every month he always inspires me alot

[@siviwekulu6996]

I've watched this interview several times, I still enjoy it..

[@sergiojovo6616]

😂😂😂even myself .. this guy Malema and old men 😊

[@anathinozintaba5066]

It's the 3rd year watching this interview, judge Tokota doing the most

[@deboaluko1525]

I think this man is qualified for the Supreme Court of Appeal!

[@lovemorebvuma2054]

Yes

[@blossom6235]

i think so too his brilliant i like him

[@jhaabsolut1864]

A brightened mind

[@ajacobs100]

I don't see that. He lacks wisdom in hos answers.

[@katlehomosiasekolanyane8743]

Indeed

[@yonelayonela2591]

Even now I am still watching this interesting interview🤣 Tokota J was on fire👌

[@michaelthage2867]

"What do you expect me to do as a Magistrate...to strike...?" Well done Adv Tokota.

[@sanelevv3285]

That's impolite. He could have said there was little he could have done.

[@amahlegwanana96]

Sanele Juju's tone contributed to the old man being impolite..... thumbs up to the old man

[@onthusitsejmosie8199]

Well , who is watching this interview in 2020 ? The old man was completely prepared he was on fire ,black intelligence ,he mst be recommended to serve at the Supreme Court of Apeal straight away bottom and klaar

[@thembafosi4608]

I must say this comes with experience, he didn't panic nor be under pressure. Just love the voice also

[@sanelevv3285]

He is good bt he was a little impolite at times. Asking back questions is a no no in an interview no matter how poked u may feel.

[@munyaradzinherera3383]

He should not be interviewed for his next job, he has covered them all. He is good!

[@aneleanele5878]

Fully agree, judges don't retire. He is still energetic to serve.

[@AFRICANISER]

I decided to watch it again Advocate Tokota SC was prepared.

[@simon10500]

After all he must have gone through during his time as a magistrate, no wonder he was able to deal with the questions with such dignity and intelligence. When a man has his principles at the forefront of his judgement, he is immovable. I wish we had a judge like this man in my country Zimbabwe.

[@zibalulemdeni2334]

Commissioner Malema got his match here. ADv. Tokota, now Judge, was well prepared and he firmly directed his answers with confidence. I loved this interview. By far, it's my favorite.

[@AdvKganyago-gr6my]

Judge Tokota is simply a gem.He surpasses the level at his age.

[@kreasenchetty]

I could not agree more. This man is simply emmaculate and is the Father that all South Africans need. He is a master of his craft. I am sure he has experienced enumerous injustices towards him personally but never did and never will bring his profession into disrepute. I cannot salute him enough, be enspired by him enough and be thankful to him enough for this lesson: If you are committed to your art, you do not require validation from anyone. Your art needs you. God bless this man.

[@kreasenchetty]

Damn... this never gets old. This man is gold.

[@anathimaqungo5227]

"Maybe mhlambi" IsiXhosa kicked in. Hahahaha Judge Tokota is leadership

[@minenhlekhumalo5351]

Always happen to me too.

[@wadenya1]

What is mhlambi?

[@phiwamchunu3796]

@@wadenya1 maybe, perhaps, probably.

[@onthusitsejmosie8199]

Maybe

[@MurimiJ]

What does that mean?

[@atlpoweredpete9126]

The ONLY Man to score one on JuJu, it did balance out as stated at the end.

[@spacebar3010]

Justice is a Blind Lady holding A Scales & A Sword She SEE'S Nothing But Listens to Facts & Lays Down Just Justic🗽

[@jjwhitlaw]

Enough respect to the judge

[@My_name000Y]

More than enough. 💪

[@JohnBradley-ys4dj]

Do you know you can make R80,000 in 7 days

[@magatephala895]

Highly experienced Jurist. We continue to learn from you Judge Tokota 🙌🙌🙌

[@lo-amijohannes9109]

I keep coming back to this interview 2021

[@katlehomosiasekolanyane8743]

Me too

[@vhonanigadisi3330]

I hv watched this so many times but i just dont get enough of it. Adv tokota is the man we need to rule this country. Showed little juju how law works

[@JohnBradley-ys4dj]

Do you know you can make R80,000 in 7 days

[@wadenya1]

Just brilliant, Mr Tokota. I sincerely hope that they gave you the opportunity to be the Judge. My, my, my!

[@lebogangmodiakgotla3172]

advocate tokoto iam very impressed with the answers you have delivered

[@lukazonke7501]

This man proved that experience counts. You don't appoint inexperienced people for the sake of transformation.

[@nkgaochelsia5987]

Well done Adv... You handle the little malema just very great... He cannot politically manipulate a legal mind neverrrrr... All the way from University of Limpopo

[@mahlanemaponya4277]

I don't know how many times I've watched this im fascinated by Mr tokota

[@jabulanipeter2910]

This is a best candidate I have never seen in a while

[@magatephala895]

Six year later.....still watching and learning more ✍️✍️✍️

[@MathematicsMadeSimple1]

2024 and the interview feels fresh, I like the integrity of this house.

[@tineshambambeva3592]

This guy is on point the way he answers questions a sharp gentlemen.Haa determined to change the system

[@JohnBradley-ys4dj]

Do you know you can make R80,000 in 7 days

[@jongiemriga3281]

I knew dat ds old man from EC wouldnt disappoint ,intelligence is key❤✔✔

[@ZaneleMlangeni-b5o]

You are the man Mr tekoto❤

[@nathimkhondwane8245]

Guys its 2023, i am still here I love Judge Tokota, he is everything👌🏾

[@Wisparshik]

Hey it's 2024 I've just returned to rewatch this video

[@jerrosdabo4086]

I really like tokota's way of representing his ideas.

[@soko8155]

Oh what a judge he is a man of integrity who didnt apply master servant relationship ...I wish all judges were like him.

[@ZibaTV]

Advocate B R Tokota, i always watch this video for wisdom,he's principled

[@vusumuzimchunu292]

He put this alarmist in his place

[@nyamekomazeka9490]

A brilliant advocate indeed. He cannot be politically manipulated

[@dumisani685]

The wisdom displayed by Judge Tokota is amazing. He has facts very clever 👏

[@siphebawozuzile6936]

UMalema uqhele ukwenza alungelwe, hay kulenkonde, yincuba-buchopho yomthetho, I salute you Advocate Tokota

[@jcftmkdalaxiy632]

Malema is there to ensure that you have the best, objective and unbiased judge in the judiciary

[@masibulelefrance2947]

Haybo Malema is there to ensure they are hiring good candidate

[@CredoMaxwell]

Ngumakhwenkwetha lo 😂

[@lintlhoanemosielle3796]

Adv. Tokota answered questions with great style. He's really on top of questions, relevant answers were all over his sides.

[@shumailaurence3950]

The panel were enjoying his answers as well. The old man can stand his ground. 👍

[@pastortbjoshua9361]

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[@sibulelonuba7639]

Tokoto excellent I appriciate you. Mr Malema respect you very well. Tokoto knows the law very well.

[@kiruironald2797]

true

[@inasigwabe1160]

Yhoooo this one knows the books of law yingqwela

[@marcusmalate6072]

I could watch this interview every day, the wisdom displayed by Adv Tokota is amazing 👏

[@kreasenchetty]

Absolutely. This man is emaculate!

[@kopangthekwane3905]

Yes, it is indeed. He is an expert indeed, well tested

[@sivhu1498]

Thumb up..

[@lotyas]

I was about to say that,I have watched it several times

[@SilasMwamburi]

Toyota very brilliant.

[@simahousemusic6500]

Well done Adv. Tokota, handled this interview very well with confidence in what you're saying. As for Malema who thinks he's the real G everywhere he goes, sit down and let those who know best do the job...

[@alagiedarboe7928]

Sima HouseMusic you don’t know shitt

[@ramseycarolus206]

I love this man because of how he conducts himself.

[@Vusumzi23]

My brother nailed this interview, and I am yet to see any better interview than this, each time I watch it, it feels anew. He demonstrated great level of competence as he actually live it in real sense.

[@bongatokota5291]

This is best interview ever

[@francoiscalldo2958]

How can a politician without any credential, interrogate a jurist and decide capable or not😮

[@ncebantweni5433]

"You cannot politically manipulate me...you can call it apartheid or whatever..." I still enjoy this interview.

[@tendanirerani1331]

He killed it when he said should I have striked?

[@wadenya1]

JM was being petty. Even his next door commissioners openly displayed their discomfiture at his high handedness.

[@stardust6191]

@@wadenya1 People with low self esteem normally say such things. They can only criticise.

[@lloydmadike7480]

it is 2024 but am still enjoying this interview of the honorable judge Tokota always refreshing indeed as the abiding citizen

[@edgarnhokwara5894]

Malema’s tactic of intimidation didn’t work on that solid old man

[@inasigwabe1160]

😃😃😃First time I saw him defeated

[@andrewsiyomunji8260]

He was able to see through Malema and indirectly exposed him to the audience.

[@mongezimtshweni176]

I kept this interview on recap particularly I can't get tired of watching it

[@smd2505]

I think the approach he took was "When I was in Rome, I did as Romans do" however one cannot take away the critical intellectual style of Juju's questionnaire and how he setups narrow minded and highly emotional politicians on debate platforms, the point Malema is coming from is how the post 94 youth should imply and apply their minds in current debates along the future of this country, however he should have admitted the system was a no good system, I think when he said "what I should have done" he was just hiding behind the thumb. The system needed to be challenged indeed, however Tokota was focusing or prioritizing on his articles and qualification rather than engaging and confronting the most harmful system ever imposed in our country. So for me a combination of thumbs up and down for both Juju & Tokota.

[@mihlaliqoma9039]

You're spot on

[@katlehomosiasekolanyane8743]

Great insight. But the fact remains he is a brilliant judicial officer, I like the impartiality

[@ugonne8456]

I'm from Nigeria watching from Nederland i love this Malema. I skipped to reach his questions

[@oscarkasalile3966]

Old is gold

[@godblessmemercy2438]

I wish Mr Tokota was my dad. His children must be lucky to have him as a father.

[@inasigwabe1160]

Brilliant guy tjooo

[@bongatokota5291]

Hiz a father of the village where we come from

[@mtusenizwane7205]

I agree this is a best man

[@patrickkama2574]

Big up to you adv tokota, we need people like you in this country

[@sbonisowelcome4609]

Malema a can test n interview at the same time, the old man knows his story!!

[@briankhanyile1426]

My favorite interview......this candidate was well prepared. 👌👌👌👌 "look at the background and ignore the facts, that is not how I was trained " 🤣🤣

[@mvuyisijoyi9301]

Mmmm..a true intellectual indeed. I salute you Mr. Tokota, staying true to what you know and period.

[@chrischleopa7738]

Who is watching this interview this 2021??

[@katlehomosiasekolanyane8743]

2022 now

[@chaks4466]

I'm here in 2022

[@CredoMaxwell]

I'm repeating now in 2024

[@ULTIM01]

For me JM brought a balance into an enquiry that would have taken a linear approach. He was more on interrogating the mind of a man called upon to fill big boots. He wanted to see how this man has evolved since apartheid and to see how politics or religion has had an impact on his rulings and if at all he can still be unable to question political manipulations for if the truth be told the judiciary systems in Africa are not yet immune to politics. The independence of the Judiciary system is wht JM is after and he wants to see who really is the perfect candidate to put in power. Someone who can be neutral. If people think JM was being petty then we are in more trouble than i thought.

[@sanelemfene246]

I heard about him Just came to witness the unwavering stalwart of law.

[@mjnawa9228]

The old man is a real deal🤣 I vote for Him. He's unshakable. Law is his life

[@harunaabbas8367]

Advocate Takota is a superb, facing hon malema in interview is like crossing a fire. I love this judge

[@ozondjombo]

This old man is hilarious, telling JM, I am telling you..I don't want you to drive me into recism! Malema you are knocked down

[@thembisaodendaal]

This is the kind we need in this country a man of unwavering principles Dokota

[@gragkulanimhlanga6357]

lol eyo this guy dealt with Malema lol I respect him...he is boss

[@aconable]

ha ha ha ha eish

[@wadenya1]

He cut JM to size.

[@SelloTlhako-n3x]

Guys i also watch this Video everyday he answered Malema so well and with respect

[@jhaabsolut1864]

Im so proud of my people's Haitian salute 🙏

[@bhekaninzimande4124]

I like Adv Tokota's confidence. Yes, he did not do well in some questions from Commissioner Malema. However the last two questions were well attended to very well.

[@shaibuabdallah8878]

Very disrespectful approach by Malema....But he got the right medication from Judge Tokota

[@roycedelp5868]

I understand what exactly Malema meant when he says all this questions. Remember the Judges who handled Marikana Report where saying things like Muthi and so on. He again likes the judge.

[@Stanley0781]

My favourite, adv Tokota. No stage fright, well articulated this one. "What do you expect me to do as a Magistrate...to strike...?"

[@lungankinti9966]

The commisioners came to listen to Adv Tokota here..the guy is good..Im glad he got the job.

[@vusumuzimchunu292]

He got it crs??

[@lungankinti9966]

@@vusumuzimchunu292 yes he is now a Judge in the Eastern Cape division.

[@vusumuzimchunu292]

@@lungankinti9966 ameeeeen

[@nqobathabede5869]

Lol Dokota is so damn good, I want to be a lawyer.

[@pallysithole2697]

Lool hambknjn mfana wasophongolo

[@siviwekulu6996]

Me too 😃

[@BachelorMaree-mw2ow]

The old man tears into mogoeng and Julius Sametime 😮

[@rolldmpyana429]

Salute to Advocate Tokota

[@osimu20]

When ever I am bored, I sit quietly and get back to listen this interview many times without number..😅😅 Mr Tokota did not satisfy the questions on Mr Malema's turn.., my opinion..😊😊

[@robertmatata1215]

Mr. Tokota ate up Julius and left him speechless.

[@tsheponcamane2018]

I think apartheid question was one that I think got to him, he could have have said that the system was bad but he did his best to be fair,especially when his most centered argument is that the law is based on facts. Otherwise he stood his ground against one of the toughest questioner of the JSC

[@zukofudumele9255]

𝘠𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘰!😢

[@lethamagatladi2680]

Adv Tokota still in 2021. Bravo!

[@lukazonke7501]

Now, imaging if candidates were asked the same questions. How would Dali mpofu handled those type of questions.

[@bennedictmaine888]

You don’t have to use bombastic English to be factual…..thank you Judge ✊🏾

[@paulrobertson6864]

This man is full OK wisdom

[@Oomzilla]

Splendid demonstration of unworthiness. Well done guys. Beautiful. And madam speakers chuckle at the end. Fantastic.

[@sbanimagwaza7024]

My man when true judiciary officer stood firm.

[@yungcrew965]

This does not mean commissioner Malema got defeated. It means the advocate could stand up to tough questions.

[@simphiwemkhize9475]

I take it you must be a die hard EFF member

[@mahlanguism]

It certainly does. Male clearly wanted to embarrass the man and goad him into slipping up and trying to pontificate.

[@lungelomhlanga2903]

I agree

[@nms6431]

Exactly

[@sandisiwemngqolo1796]

True

[@philkazanga]

Excellent interview in recent years

[@kuschprince3216]

"Muti in South Africa" and Kamuti in Kenya!! Wow! Wow!

[@franknkya3947]

I love this Advocate.

[@oscarmutoti3993]

U are the best u stand by what you believe unlike Zondo who struggled to answer questions

[@kamohelomaphokoane3831]

i am sure i have watched this interview for 7 times now...first time in 2019 when i thought i was going to be a lawyer one day. Now it is 2023 studying Education..

[@moeketsanesethojane3150]

i came here in 202, this judge is the best

[@ndumzazeke2468]

Wow what an interview yerrr mr tokota ..he is brilliant

[@qalilenasir3726]

Malama spiting fire wisdom..he looking into guy soul..wut have u done for black ppl..can u see da suffering our ppl..

[@stefangriesel3562]

Deserving candidate. Give this man a Bells.