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Rejecting Fannie Nkosi’s request, the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria said the prison’s hospital wing was reserved only for inmates requiring medical care. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Judge hands down ruling three years late

For most of that time there was no record in the official report that tracks late judgments

The Gauteng high court is setting down civil trials as far ahead as 2031. Photo: Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images

Mandatory mediation raises concerns about the rule of law

It has been introduced to deal with the huge backlog of civil trials, but could mean thousands of litigants are denied the right to be heard by a court in a fair public hearing.

Storm dies down: Former judge John Hlophe, who was impeached in February last year, has resigned from the Judicial Service Commission. Photo: Luba Lesolle/Getty Images

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

Influence: Several political parties have voiced concern about overreach and lack of accountability in the judiciary. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

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…

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

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

Judge Mngqibisa-Thusi is appearing before a judicial tribunal for delivering  very late judgments. Image: Lisa Nelson

Judge ‘grossly misconducted herself’ says Mlambo

Judge Mngqibisa-Thusi delivered over 20 judgments late

In hot water: Judge Nana Makhubele at the Judiciary Conduct Tribunal hearing in Joburg this week over complaints relating to her conduct while at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa. (Papi Morake/ Gallo Images)

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

Eastern Cape judge president, Selby Mbenenge. (Judges Matter)

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

Misconduct: The JSC interviews have come under fire. (David Harrison/M&G)

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

Busisiwe Mkhwebane. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

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

Suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. (Jaco Marais/Foto24/Gallo Images)

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

The public protector had filed for rescission of an adverse ruling on a earlier rescission application as she accuses the constitutional court of ignoring alleged wrongdoing by its members. (Photo by Deaan Vivier/Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Mkhwebane takes on Zondo in unprecedented application

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

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…

Mandisa Maya. (Photo by Gallo Images / Sunday Times / Alon Skuy)

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

Advocate Dali Mpofu SC (Oupa Nkosi)

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…

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (GCIS)

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…

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Lulama Zenzile/Die Burger/Gallo)

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

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives to testify before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 12, 2021. – Ramaphosa conceded on August 11, 2021 there had been rampant state corruption while he was deputy to ex-president Jacob Zuma, but said he did not resign as that would have stymied his efforts to fight the rot. Ramaphosa appeared before a judicial panel probing the alleged mass looting of state coffers during Zuma’s 2009-2018 presidency. (Photo by Sumaya HISHAM / POOL / AFP) (Photo by SUMAYA HISHAM/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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…

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…

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