The JSC will speak with advocate Jeremy Gauntlett, who was overlooked in bench interviews, before it decides whether to give reasons for its decision.
In a move likely to surprise the legal fraternity, the justice department has cancelled the bid process for its proposed review of the judiciary.
The arrest of four would-be witnesses after attending the hearings is being seen by their comrades as a police attempt to intimidate witnesses
Lawyers have called for the immediate release of four witnesses arrested and intimidated, as they were returning from the Farlam commission.
Lawyers acting for President Jacob Zuma have failed to meet the deadline to file court papers in response to the DA’s request for the spy tapes.
The advocate acting for several families of the miners killed, told the Farlam commission the miners "were killed like vermin" by the police.
Transformation was the main preoccupation for the JSC as it gathered this week in Cape Town to interview candidates for positions on the Bench.
Gwede Mantashe has defended the decision to include ANC branches deemed not to be in good standing in the final audit report.
Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe will face a disciplinary tribunal – and possible impeachment if found guilty, the M&G understands.
It is trite but disturbingly true that the political murders have returned KwaZulu-Natal to its bloody past, writes Niren Tolsi.