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/ 18 November 2022

Ramaphosa’s fate lies in report

Parliament has agreed to an extension for the report by the Ngcobo panel on whether Cyril Ramaphosa should
face impeachment

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By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 19 August 2022

Hlophe goes to court to prevent his suspension

He argues in court papers that the JSC’s advice to the president to suspend him is a violation of the Superior Courts Act

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 26 July 2022

Calls for Ramaphosa to suspend Hlophe without delay

The Judicial Services Commission has finally recommended that the Western Cape judge president be suspended, but he is preparing appeal to overturn a decision that he should face impeachment

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By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 5 May 2022

Hlophe loses high court bid to overturn misconduct finding

The high court said Western Cape judge president’s arguments were either not sustainable or worthy of a review application and held that the Judicial Service Commission’s directive that he faces an impeachment process stood

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 29 November 2021

High court allows Freedom Under Law to oppose Hlophe’s review bid

The court found that the organisation’s past history in ensuring the misconduct inquiry against the Western Cape judge president was reopened refuted, rather than supported, Hlophe’s objections

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 15 November 2021

High court to rule next week on application delaying Hlophe matter

The application means it is unlikely that Hlophe’s bid to review the misconduct finding against him will be heard this year

By Emsie Ferreira

Politics

/ 9 November 2021

ConCourt reserves judgment on bid to appeal Mkhwebane ruling

Parliament and the Democratic Alliance are challenging the high court ruling that a judge may not form part of the panel conducting a preliminary inquiry as to whether there are grounds for impeaching the public protector

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 8 October 2021

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 compromise Concourt judges

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 22 September 2021

Hlophe withdraws interdict against parliament

The matter will be heard by a judge of the Johannesburg division when the matter is re-enrolled

By Paddy Harper

National

/ 27 August 2021

Judicial Services Commission says why Western Cape Judge President must be impeached

Judge Hlophe knew the ‘standards of judicial ethics’, yet still compromised the concourt’s independence

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 25 August 2021

Thirteen years later, Judge Hlophe to be impeached

JSC will await representations on whether Hlophe should be suspended by Ramaphosa, pending the finalisation of parliamentary deliberations

By Khaya Koko

Politics

/ 29 July 2021

EFF and Mkhwebane welcome high court judgment slamming some of parliament’s impeachment rules

The public protector has called for the impeachment process against her to be halted with immediate effect

By Eyaaz Matwadia

National

/ 8 June 2021

Panel on Mkhwebane was proof of parliament’s caution, court hears

Counsel argued the National Assembly had not delegated its power on weighing if there were grounds to remove the public protector, but canvassed advice

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 7 June 2021

Mkhwebane’s counsel says rules for her removal are unsalvageable

Advocate Dali Mpofu asked the high court to set aside parliament’s rules for an impeachment process and send legislators back to the drawing board

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 4 June 2021

JSC to continue deliberations on Hlophe’s fate next month

The Judicial Service Commission did not near finality on the matter on Friday and the matter was postponed to the next available date

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 24 May 2021

Hlophe recuses himself from Mkhwebane case

The embattled Western Cape judge president readily agreed to recuse himself from hearing the public protector’s challenge of the rules governing the process to remove her from office

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 22 April 2021

JSC won’t axe Hlophe from selection panel

The commission has dismissed three requests not to proceed with interviews for candidates for the Western Cape high court

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 21 April 2021

Freedom Under Law sends letter of demand to JSC on suspending Hlophe

The letter follows the commission’s insistence that the embattled Western Cape judge president will partake in this week’s interviews of candidates

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 20 April 2021

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

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 14 April 2021

Hlophe cries ‘politics’ as he contests the misconduct finding against him

The Western Cape judge president has rejected the report by a judicial tribunal that lays the groundwork for his impeachment

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 12 April 2021

Misconduct finding against Hlophe means long road to possible impeachment

The Judicial Conduct Tribunal found that the Western Cape Judge President was on a mission to sway constitutional court judges

By Emsie Ferreira

Article

/ 14 April 2016

Eight years on and the Hlophe case takes another turn

Surely the two judges cannot expect their very own judicial colleagues at the Constitutional Court to change an obviously correct precedent?

By Serjeant At The and Bar Author

Article

/ 2 October 2014

It’s time to bring the long-running Hlophe saga to an end

It is to be hoped that Constitutional Court justices Bess Nkabinde and Chris Jafta will accept the latest judgment and not prolong the case.

By Serjeant At The and Bar Author

Article

/ 21 October 2013

Nkabinde and Jafta object to conduct committee investigating Hlope

ConCourt judges Bess Nkabinde and Chris Jafta have, in an unprecedented move, raised a constitutional objection to the Judicial Conduct Committee.

By Niren Tolsi

Article

/ 8 October 2013

Hlophe tribunal postponed indefinitely

The tribunal hearing into John Hlophe has been postponed following judges Chris Jafta and Bess Nkabinde’s request for exclusion from the hearing.

By Ahmed areff

Article

/ 8 October 2013

Jafta, Nkabinde: Let us be excused from Hlophe tribunal

Constitutional Court judges Chris Jafta and Bess Nkabinde have asked to be excused from appearing and testifying at Judge John Hlophe’s tribunal.

By Sapa

Article

/ 3 October 2013

Tribunal clears way for Hlophe hearing to continue

The judicial tribunal probing Western Cape judge president John Hlophe’s conduct will continue after objections about its validity were dismissed.

By Niren Tolsi

Article

/ 30 September 2013

Moseneke could face scrutiny in Hlophe trial

Justice Dikgang Moseneke’s role in the complaint of misconduct against Cape Judge President John Hlophe could be scrutinised if the trial continues.

By Niren Tolsi

Article

/ 17 April 2012

JSC still to decide how to handle Hlophe matter

The JSC is still deciding what to do about John Hlophe’s alleged bid to influence ConCourt judges over corruption charges against President Zuma.

By Niren Tolsi

Article

/ 29 November 2011

Judgment reserved in ConCourt’s Hlophe case

The Constitutional Court has reserved judgment in a preliminary hearing on a conflict of interest from a misconduct complaint against John Hlophe.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 28 November 2011

ConCourt to hear Hlophe-related argument

The ConCourt will on Tuesday hear an application related to a complaint against Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe from three years ago.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 29 September 2011

Why the ConCourt couldn’t hear Hlophe case

The Constitutional Court has handed down reasons for the postponement of the hearing of two cases involving Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe.

By Niren Tolsi and Staff Reporter

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