Gauteng High Court judge Portia Phahlane and the leader of the Jerusalem faction of the International Pentecost Holiness Church, Michael Sandlana appeared in court yesterday on charges of corruption and money laundering. Prosecutors allege Sandlana paid millions of rands in bribes to Judge Phahlane while she was hearing the church's bitter leadership succession dispute. Both accused were released on bail of one hundred thousand rand each. The case is postponed to February. The Judicial Service Commission has confirmed Judge Phahlane has been placed on special leave. For more on this Oscar Mathafa, MP and ANC Whip in the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development spoke to Elvis Presslin