The report says the slow and erratic prosecution of widely reported cases of corruption undermines democracy and encourages the misappropriation of state resources
The retired constitutional court justice was ordered by the Judicial Conduct Committee to withdraw comments that questioned Hlophe’s fitness to be a judge and faulted his acquittal on ANC MP Bongani Bongo
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
The letter follows the commission’s insistence that the embattled Western Cape judge president will partake in this week’s interviews of candidates
The high court will need to decide whether there was political interference in the Zuma prosecution and, if so, how the law will treat it
It is time the citizens of South Africa let their voices be heard.
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/ 27 November 2011
Judges criticised the ANC’s plan to assess the Constitutional Court’s judgments, according to a report on Sunday.
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/ 24 December 2009
Kader Asmal has applied to join proceedings to set aside a JSC decision not to hold a hearing on the John Hlophe-Constitutional Court judges dispute.
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/ 17 September 2009
Johann Kriegler will turn to high court action in his bid to challenge the JSC decision over Judge John Hlophe.
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/ 17 September 2009
A third candidate to fill vacancies on the Constitutional Court bench has withdrawn, it was reported on Thursday.
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/ 11 September 2009
Sello S Alcock quizzed former Constitutional Court judge Johann Kriegler about the decision taken by the Judicial Service COmmission on John Hlophe.
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/ 7 September 2009
No member of the Freedom under Law (FUL) board of directors was opposed, in principle, to the pending legal challenge against the JSC, the FUL says.
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/ 7 September 2009
Former judge Johann Kriegler has a condescending attitude toward black people, said JSC member advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza, SC.
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/ 6 September 2009
Freedom Under Law (FUL) on Saturday said that it regretted resignations by its board members Cyril Ramaphosa, Kgomotso Moroka and Dumisa Ntsebeza.
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/ 5 September 2009
The JSC could find itself facing a second challenge to its decision on Judge John Hlophe, this time from Western Cape premier Helen Zille.
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/ 4 September 2009
The DA and Cope on Friday welcomed former judge Johann Kriegler’s legal challenge to the dismissal of the misconduct complaint against John Hlophe.
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/ 3 September 2009
A law body headed by former judge Johann Kriegler intends challenging the JSC’s decision not to probe Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
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/ 3 September 2009
Former Constitutional Court judge Johann Kriegler is to challenge the decision not to proceed with a misconduct probe into Judge John Hlophe.
John Hlophe’s lawyer lashed out at Johann Kriegler on Friday, calling him an ”old man” who has made ”disturbing comments” about his client.
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/ 14 November 2008
Retired Constitutional Court Judge Johann Kriegler gives his view on Judge Chris Nicholson’s ruling on the corruption charges against Jacob Zuma.
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/ 18 October 2007
To ignore the vexed question of how to deal with Cape Judge President John Hlophe is to stick your head in the sand.
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/ 12 October 2007
Cape Judge President John Hlophe’s refusal to resign is a typical example of persons holding high office refusing to face the consequences of their actions, says Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille. ”By refusing to step down, contrary to the dictates of good governance, such senior office-bearers undermine our young democracy,” she said on Friday.
Nine senior advocates from the Cape Bar, some of them former acting judges, have publicly called on Cape Judge President John Hlophe to quit. ”We believe that there cannot be public confidence in the continuation in office now of Judge Hlophe,” they said in a letter published on Tuesday.