Barnabas Xulu
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MK party wants to lead oral argument in its challenge to 29 May election result
Jacob Zuma’s party says oral evidence will assist the court in understanding its ‘technical’ argument
MK party claims computer expert is the subject of another ‘politically motivated attack’
The party says the alleged harassment of Vusi Mhlongo caused delays in it filing court papers in its electoral case
IT expert faces dismissal, death threats over role in MK party election challenge
Vusi Mhlongo has been charged with bringing the Moses Kotane Research Institute into disrepute
Electoral court to hear MK party’s election challenge on 29 July
The IEC set a hearing date despite the party’s bid to temporarily withdraw the case
Evidence leader in Mkhwebane inquiry refuses recusal
Advocate Nazreen Bawa said the calls for her to step aside were spurious and based on false allegations made by Barnabas Xulu, the some time attorney of Judge John Hlophe
State refuses to fund Hlophe’s high court bid to avert impeachment
The solicitor-general said state legal assistance for the embattled Western Cape judge president ended when the JSC confirmed that he was guilty of misconduct for trying to…
Hlophe’s attorney found in contempt of court
The high court said Barnabas Xulu acted with impunity and contempt in the saga of getting him to repay millions in state funds
FUL mulls legal options regarding Hlophe’s presence at interviews for Western Cape bench
Premier Alan Winde and the Cape Bar Council asked that the interviews be postponed pending a decision on Hlophe’s fate but the JSC declined
Hlophe says ‘assassination plot’ is a bid to sully his name
Allegations that Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe planned to assassinate his deputy, Patricia Goliath, are leading to further instability on the Cape bench
Goliath’s secret recording of Hlophe raises questions of ethics
In an extraordinary move for a judge, the deputy judge president says she secretly recorded a meeting that proves she was insulted by Judge President John Hlophe
‘Judge President Hlophe tried to influence allocation of judges to nuclear case’
Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath accuses Hlophe of attempting to influence her to allocate the case to judges he perceived as ‘favourably disposed’ to former president…
Pension scam: Godongwana payback may go to lawyers
Canyon Springs’ liquidators have advised law firm to claim large chunk of promised pension refund.
More legal hurdles in Hlophe case
The tribunal that will be set up by the JSC to deal with the complaint of gross judicial misconduct against John Hlophe could face a legal challenge.
No light on workers’ missing millions
Attempts to subpoena Richard Kawie to give evidence that could explain what happened to workers’ pension money have hit a brick wall.