The commission has dismissed three requests not to proceed with interviews for candidates for the Western Cape high court
The letter follows the commission’s insistence that the embattled Western Cape judge president will partake in this week’s interviews of candidates
Eric Mabuza notified the high court and NPA of his decision just weeks before the former president goes on trial for corruption
The Judicial Service Commission said in a letter to the Cape Bar that the judge president would participate in interviews of aspirant judges in his division
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
The chief justice played into the hands of Julius Malema at a point at which the judiciary is weathering a political onslaught that too shall pass
A candidate for the Northern Cape bench lucidly explained in reply to the Gauteng Judge President that bribing a judge is a lottery you are bound to lose
Former president Jacob Zuma on Wednesday submitted a 21-page letter to Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng out of “respect”, to let the head of the Constitutional Court know that he would not be deposing an affidavit about an appropriate sanction should he be found to be in contempt of court, as Mogoeng had directed. Mogoeng had […]
Judges Fayeeza Kathree-Setiloane, Jody Kollapen and Bashier Vally complete the list, while Dhaya Pillay fails to make the cut
The recent ruling is a step in the right direction, but it creates an arbitrary separation as to who is legally seen as human
The Western Cape judge president has rejected the report by a judicial tribunal that lays the groundwork for his impeachment
The judge, who has been singled out by former president Jacob Zuma for attack, faced scrutiny over her friendship with Pravin Gordhan
Acting Constitutional Court Justice Rammaka Mathopo told the JSC it was ‘remiss’ that female and black lawyers were still underrepresented
The Judicial Conduct Tribunal found that the Western Cape Judge President was on a mission to sway constitutional court judges
The protest is reportedly in response to the ANC’s step-aside decision that affects the likes of Ace Magashule and other party heavyweights
The court has given Cash Paymaster Services 15 days to provide all documents that will allow the treasury to calculate the sum it needs to refund the social security agency
The Western Cape high court has found that Speaker Thandi Modise applied her mind when rejecting the ATM’s demand
The former president’s latest invective came after the Constitutional Court heard argument from the Zondo commission that he must be jailed for aggravated contempt
Zondo commission’s legal counsel tells top court a suspended sentence would allow the former president to run rings around the inquiry — again
While the Constitutional Court prepares to hear the matter of contempt against Jacob Zuma, groups defending SA’s democracy and pro-Zuma groups take the stage
The commission has given up hope the former president will appear before it, and says the court must now protect the constitutional order
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The commission argues that Zuma’s media statements confirm his campaign to defy the rule of law
The tensions in the Western Cape division are likely to trigger another inquiry into Goliath’s and Salie-Hlophe’s dispute, with potentially dire consequences
The JCC’s recent ruling against the chief justice is a win for accountability that enforces the principles of judicial authority
Recalcitrant former president holds virtual meeting with ANC top six
The verdicts handed down in Kenya and Malawi set a precedent that the quality of an election and the environment in which the election is held do matter and have a bearing on the outcome, regardless of numbers
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 public protector was wrong to think legal review was the remedy for incompetence on her part; it is, in fact, removal, an independent report concludes
The former president has one week to file answering papers in the application that also seeks a prison sentence imposed on him
Zuma’s namesake organisation twists facts and the law – he told Zondo he would answer questions but only in private to the deputy chief justice
The president says the message to Jacob Zuma will be a simple one: respect the rule of law
The former president’s lawyers asked last week that he be excused from appearing in person, although no such arrangements were made for his snubbing of the Zondo commission