Dunstan Mlambo – The Mail & Guardian

/ 11 October 2024

JSC gets on with its work as Hlophe storm blows over

The commission has kept up a brisk pace in marathon interviews where there has been less politics and more judicial philosophy

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By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 10 April 2024

JSC struggles to recommend Concourt candidate amid workflow, jurisdiction challenges

The Judicial Service Commission could not find the requisite four candidates after interviews notable for the justice minister’s eagerness to merge the court with the supreme court of appeal

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By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 9 April 2024

Concourt candidates pressed on solution to its backlog problem

None of the four candidates for a vacancy at the apex court were in favour of merging it with the supreme court of appeal

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By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 30 January 2024

Judge ‘grossly misconducted herself’ says Mlambo

Judge Mngqibisa-Thusi delivered over 20 judgments late

By Tania Broughton

National

/ 24 February 2023

A torrid week for the judiciary

Calls for two judges accused of crime to step aside while a third appears before Judicial Conduct Tribunal on a complaint of impeachable misconduct

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By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 21 February 2023

Judges in the spotlight for alleged serious wrongdoing

Call for Eastern Cape judge president to step aside over sexual harassment and hearings begin in misconduct charges against Gauteng judge Makhubele

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By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 2 December 2022

Two reports urge reform of JSC

There should be fewer MPs on the commission to limit political interference in judicial appointment, Freedom Under Law and the Helen Suzman Foundation argue

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By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 21 June 2022

Mkhwebane says Mpati report on SMS to advocate is meaningless

The suspended public protector urged the Judicial Service Commission to investigate the incident further, saying the judges she named must be removed from the bench

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By Emsie Ferreira

Politics

/ 9 June 2022

Embattled Ramaphosa suspends Mkhwebane

The decision came despite inventive litigation launched by the public protector to stave off both suspension and a parliamentary impeachment inquiry

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 11 May 2022

Mkhwebane takes on Zondo in unprecedented application

Public protector accuses the constitutional court of ignoring alleged wrongdoing by its members

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

/ 4 May 2022

Ramaphosa nominates Maya as deputy chief justice

The supreme court of appeal president, who was the Judicial Service Commission’s recommendation for chief justice, would be the first woman to hold the post

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 18 March 2022

Advocates for Transformation names Mpofu’s replacement on JSC

The organisation notes complaints against Mpofu following the interviews with candidates for chief justice and set out guidelines of fairness, but said he was not treated fairly within its own ranks

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 16 February 2022

Ramaphosa says JSC exceeded its mandate in recommending Maya for chief justice

The president said he had expected the commission to limit itself to commenting on the suitability of all four shortlisted candidates, but that the decision remained his prerogative

By Emsie Ferreira

Politics

/ 9 February 2022

Ramaphosa walked into a ‘political ambush’ on chief justice appointment

The JSC exceeded its mandate to place the president in a corner in which exercising his wide powers to select the next chief justice have become fettered by popular concerns

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By Emsie Ferreira

Politics

/ 4 February 2022

Zondo says he will not hesitate to make findings against Ramaphosa if need be

The chairperson of the state capture commission and acting chief justice said he had no bias in favour of the president or any against his predecessor, but proceeded on the basis of evidence, without thought as to whether it could deny him the post of chief justice

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 4 February 2022

Zondo: JSC has a duty to consider white judges for constitutional court

The acting chief justice suggested, in his interview with the Judicial Service Commission for the post of chief justice, that the next round of interviews in April with candidates would be an opportunity to do so

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 3 February 2022

Chief justice interviews: Mlambo laments toxic politicking around judiciary

The Gauteng judge president’s words turned prophetic as he came under sustained political attack in his interview for the post of chief justice

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 2 February 2022

Chief justice interviews: Mandisa Maya

The head of the supreme court of appeal said if appointed she would import some appellate court customs to the constitutional court to speed up turnaround times

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 2 February 2022

Chief justice interviews: Mbuyiseli Madlanga

In an answer to a predictable question, the constitutional court justice cautioned that unfounded attacks on the judiciary risked undermining its legitimacy and the rule of the law

By Emsie Ferreira

Opinion

/ 31 January 2022

SA’s next chief justice: The case for each contender

Judges Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Mandisa Maya, Dunstan Mlambo and Raymond Zondo are all strong candidates to become chief justice

By Chris Oxtoby and Mbekezeli Benjamin

Editorial

/ 27 January 2022

Editorial: Please choose the chief justice judiciously, Mr President

The judiciary is under attack from populists – again – and needs a leader who can balance tensions between rights in the Constitution brilliantly and bravely.

By Editorial

National

/ 27 January 2022

Why lawyers argue the case for a Madlanga constitutional court

The brilliance of Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga’s mind and his transformative judgments can prove salutary at a time when the judiciary is under populist attack, his peers hope.

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By Emsie Ferreira

Politics

/ 18 January 2022

Zuma takes another legal tilt at Zondo

The former president is asking the Pretoria high court to declare Zondo’s tenure as chairman of the commission of inquiry unlawful and to order Ramaphosa to appoint a new chair

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 2 December 2021

JSC interviews with candidates for chief justice set for early February

After the February interviews and deliberations, the Judicial Service Commission will submit a report to President Cyril Ramaphosa

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 18 November 2021

Zondo, Maya, Mlambo and Madlanga shortlisted for chief justice

The names of the four justices were released by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office 36 days after Mogoeng Mogoeng retired from the position.

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 12 October 2021

JSC lets politics trump conscience and excellence

The sense that the commissioners who nominated five candidates for appointment to the Constitutional Court voted for their constituencies, rather than with their conscience, is difficult to shake off.

By Niren Tolsi

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

/ 16 September 2021

Zondo may miss chief justice cut

The deputy chief justice is said to top Ramaphosa’s list but his position as head of the state capture commission is seen as too politically fraught

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By Lizeka Tandwa and Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 15 September 2021

Hlophe asks high court to stay his impeachment and overrule JSC

The embattled Western Cape Judge President is also seeking to interdict the president from suspending him while he challenges the Judicial Service Commission’s gross misconduct finding

By Emsie Ferreira

Politics

/ 4 July 2021

Zuma gives his own version of events, detailing why he won’t turn himself in to begin his jail sentence

In an address to his supporters, the former president referred to a conspiracy against him, involving Thuli Madonsela, the judiciary and his political rivals

By Lizeka Tandwa and Emsie Ferreira