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The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party and the African Transformation Movement (ATM) have called for members of the judiciary to undergo lifestyle audits.

We increasingly need the courts to defend justice

Online news articles in September were dominated by references to courts – cadre deployment, contempt, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, Eskom, corruption, Makhanda high court

Former public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. (Leila Dougan/Daily Maverick/Gallo Images)

Mkhwebane threatens impeachment inquiry

Suspended public protector threatens litigation unless the section 194 inquiry postpones her testimony until funds are found to cover her legal fees

Battle: Suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane with her legal counsel Dali Mpofu at court.
Photo: Brenton Geach/Gallo Images

Ramaphosa points finger back at Mkhwebane

President says court attributed bias to him due to suspended public protector’s past conduct

John Hlophe was impeached for trying to sway two apex court justices to decide applications linked to the arms deal in Jacob Zuma’s favour. Picture: Werner Beukes/SAPA

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

Axed public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. File photo by Madelene Cronje

MPs dismiss Mkhwebane’s call to subpoena Ramaphosa

The president’s evidence is not necessary to determine whether she is guilty of misconduct, the section 194 committee concludes

Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe. (Oupa Nkosi)

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…

Former MP Tony Yengeni. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Yengeni’s complaint against Zondo is legally uncertain

The chief justice was acting in a non-judicial capacity when chairing the state capture inquiry, so the complaint probably falls outside the law but underscores the risk of…

Former Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe.

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…

The public protector’s lawyer informed the court and the respondents of the ‘unfortunate’ development on the eve of the high court hearing. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)

Mkhwebane’s bid to avert suspension put on ice

The public protector’s lawyer informed the court and the respondents of the ‘unfortunate’ development on the eve of the high court hearing

Public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has arguably added one misconstruction of a conduct code to another in filing a misconduct complaint against retired constitutional court justice Chris Jafta. (Photo by Gallo Images/Foto24/Felix Dlangamandla)

Mkhwebane tilts at Jafta after running out of legal road

In arguing that the retired judge fell foul of the judicial code of conduct when he criticised her misreading of the executive ethics code, Mkhwebane risks misreading the rules…

Constitutional court dismisses Mkhwebane’s rescission bid on CR17 ruling

The application, widely seen as desperate, was dismissed with costs, burying her adverse findings against Ramaphosa over funding to his leadership campaign

Several parties in the new governing coalition firmly supported Hlophe’s nomination, while the Inkatha Freedom Party stayed on the fence.

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 said the government President Cyril Ramaphosa formed after leading the ANC to the loss of its majority in the May elections was “nothing more than a desperate attempt to hold onto power”. File photo

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

Zondo thanks retiring Justices Khampepe and Jafta for their service

After 12 years serving at the apex court, Sisi Khampepe and Chris Jafta have retired from office

Former Western Cape Judge President 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…