The JCC’s recent ruling against the chief justice is a win for accountability that enforces the principles of judicial authority
The JCC said that by the chief justice straying into politics, he breached the judicial conduct code and ordered him to issue an apology and retraction
The Bible-thumping chief justice really does seem to believe the anti-vaxxing nonsense he preaches
The chief justice has told the Ingonyama Trust chairperson he has no right to use the honorific
We can only conclude that he ‘willingly and knowingly lent his personal credibility — and that of his office — to a white-washing of Israeli crimes’
The chief justice needs to publicly account for his comments, by either walking them back or explaining his change of heart on international law and its institutions
At the heart of the fierce exchange are questions about how well a move for the judiciary to govern itself is being implemented
His absences from court this year have been criticised, but the Chief Justice defends his contribution to the judiciary
Could it be that Mogoeng is looking at the future where it would be counterproductive for courts to play as active a role as they have?
The chief justice asked why the social development minister had allowed the grants agency to ’embarrass’ her.