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‘Mkhwanazi wants to block me from becoming national police commissioner’, says Sibiya
The deputy national commissioner has accused the KwaZulu-Natal police boss of using corruption allegations as part of a succession battle within the service
Shadrack Sibiya raises conflict of interest concerns over police corruption probe committee members
The deputy national police commissioner argued that two members of parliament should recuse themselves because they are complainants in criminal cases against him
Keep an eye on the supporting cast who redirected SA politics last year
Three groups emerged: those who negotiated quietly to set up the GNU; loyalists in the DA, ANC, EFF and MK party and the rogues in and out of trouble with the law
Ramaphosa removes corruption accused Thembi Simelane from justice portfolio but retains her in cabinet
The Democratic Alliance’s spokesperson on justice and constitutional development has called for Simelane to be removed from the cabinet
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
ANC commissioner on Judicial Service Commission corners judge on MK logo ruling
Kenny Mmoiemang told Judge Maheendra Chetty that following the common law would have led him to a different conclusion
Judicial Service Commission interviews will test new Chief Justice Mandisa Maya
The furore around impeached judge John Hlophe’s appointment to the JSC will politicise the first interviews since her appointment
Batohi again demands unfettered access to Zondo state capture archive
The head of the National Prosecuting Authority said her investigators needed to see all evidence and called for more urgency in solving the impasse
Simelane says VBS fixer offered better loan terms than a bank
The justice minister said she had proof of the transaction and resisted suggestions she was caught in an untenable conflict of interest This content is restricted to registered…
DA asks high court to overturn John Hlophe’s appointment to JSC
The party argues that the ANC was wrong about the law when it saw no legal impediment to his appointment
National Assembly appoints impeached John Hlophe to Judicial Service Commission
The Democratic Alliance objected but the ANC accepted his nomination on the basis that no law or rule of parliament barred him from serving on the JSC
MPs give Hlophe three weeks to make final representations
An initial letter from the suspended judge president revisited arguments he raised in his failed court bid to overturn a finding of impeachable misconduct
Gcaleka voted in as new public protector
The vote was expectedly fractious, with the official opposition walking out of the National Assembly
DA body sets aside removal of councillors amid purge claims
While the motion to remove them was valid, the process of bringing it was flawed
G4S playing hide-and-seek with parliament – committee chair
The portfolio committee for justice will summon the security company at the prison from which convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester escaped