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 Western Cape Judge President has made a counter-complaint against his deputy and responded to her allegation
Removing them, even temporarily, is not easy. And for good reason, writes Franny Rabkin
In response to Goliath’s gross misconduct complaint, Salie-Hlophe says Goliath has ‘an unhealthy obsession with my marriage’
But the new complaint against the Western Cape judge president is also unprecedented
Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath accuses Hlophe of attempting to influence her to allocate the case to judges he perceived as ‘favourably disposed’ to former president Jacob Zuma