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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’s return would undermine integrity of JSC, court told

The unrepentant conduct of the impeached-judge-turned-politician makes him unsuitable for a body that chooses and disciplines judges

The Judicial Conduct Tribunal on Monday began hearing two misconduct complaints against Western Cape high court judge Mushtak Parker. (Judges Matter)

Judicial Conduct Tribunal hears Parker was initially adamant Hlophe assaulted him

The Western Cape high court judge faces two complaints of impeachable misconduct

Skin in the game: President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing a legal bid by the EFF to force parliament to impeach him over the Phala Phala scandal. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

EFF case brings back the spectre, and strangeness, of Phala Phala

Judges ask the president’s and the National Assembly’s counsel if parliament threw the baby out with the bathwater

Former president Jacob Zuma in the Pietermaritzburg High Court.  (Rogan Ward/AFP)

Trial judge explains why Zuma’s tilt at Downer is doomed

The former president will proceed to seek leave to appeal, potentially delaying his arms deal trial further

Former president Jacob Zuma in the Pietermaritzburg High Court.  (Rogan Ward/AFP)

‘It is not for Zuma to decide who should prosecute him,’ says advocate Geoff Budlender

Jacob Zuma’s lawyer, Dali Mpofu said the former president’s criminal trial would not proceed soon, because he would again ask for the removal of state prosecutor Billy Downer

Axed public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. File photo by Madelene Cronje

Constitutional court holds Ramaphosa’s suspension of Mkhwebane was valid

The apex court said there was no evidence that the president acted in a way that exposed him to a conflict of interest between his official duties and private interests

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Photo by Jerome Delay / POOL / AFP)

High court halts Zuma’s prosecution of Downer and Maughan

The former president came to court with ‘unclean hands’, a full bench found

Former South African President Jacob Zuma. (Photo by Themba Hadebe / POOL / AFP)

Zuma’s private prosecution bid is a mirage, say lawyers

The former president’s counsel was misreading the law in an attempt to pin charges on state prosecutor Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan, the court heard

Former president Jacob Zuma. (Photo by Jerome Delay / POOL / AFP)

Zuma’s private prosecution of Downer is ‘diehard Stalingrad’

It is an abuse process designed to lay the ground for the next, counsel for the arms deal corruption prosecutor told the Pietermaritzburg high court

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

Mkhwebane’s suspension rests on facts, not optics, Concourt hears

Advocate for the president tells the apex court the high court finding that her suspension was retaliation was refuted by the ample grounds for the decision

Intersectional protest: Members of Extinction Rebellion and Red Rebels, as well as other local Cape Town environmental action groups, mobilised outside parliament last Friday, calling for climate action and environmental justice. (David Harrison/M&G)

Concourt hears landmark ‘Slapp’ defamation and free speech case

The case isn’t only about environmental lawyers and activists being slapped by ‘rapacious’ miners with a series of defamation lawsuits, but about the rule of law

Gupta associates received ‘lucrative’ payments for attending one meeting that allegedly influenced Transnet’s awarding of contracts worth billions of rand. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images)

R1.6bn freezing order sought by NPA for Transnet ‘corruption’

Gupta associates received ‘lucrative’ payments for attending one meeting that allegedly influenced Transnet’s awarding of contracts worth billions of rand

A recent study of more than 200 rural respondents in the Eastern Cape, where drought has severely affected quality of life and food security, found that although farmers are actively trying to build resilience against climate change, more coordination was needed between state entities and local government to support them. (Photo: Gallo Images/Netwerk 24/Tebogo Letsie

Court victory for 400 000 elderly black women

An apartheid law that dispossessed black women of the assets accrued during their marriages has finally been scrapped after a Pinetown pensioner, facing impoverishment, went to…

Clarifying: Hermione Cronje. (Phill Magakoe/Gallo Images)

Women lawyers: ‘We are not respected’

A letter signed by 40 senior women lawyers called the absence of female silks from the state capture prosecutions team ‘astonishing’

On Tuesday former PIC chief executive, Dan Matjila continued to deny the alleged “reign of terror” at the company during his tenure at its helm. (David Harrison/M&G)

Matjila on a witch-hunt

The inquiry into the PIC has heard that the parastatal’s head contravened laws in his bid to expose a whistle-blower

Minister of Women in the Presidency Bathabile Dlamini. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Sassa debacle inquiry: Judge tells Dlamini to stop dodging questions

The ConCourt appointed Ngoepe to head the inquiry into whether Dlamini should be held personally liable for the costs incurred during Sassa crisis.

The anniversary of the death of Steve Biko

Steve Biko: His death created a vacuum

In commemorating the 35th anniversary of the death of Steve Biko it is time to return to the politics of respect, consciousness and participation.

Legal fraternity’s finest struggle to find a place at the Bar

Legal fraternity’s finest struggle to find a place at the Bar

Over the past few years the JSC has spurned the opportunity to appoint some searing legal talent.

Civil society sprouts another champion

With celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the UDF barely over, another broad-based, left-leaning civil society grouping having been launched.

Customary law debated in Constitutional Court

A KwaZulu-Natal woman had Constitutional Court judges grappling with how to protect customary law on Thursday.