We must hold faith that law will prevail
The embattled Western Cape Judge President is also seeking to interdict the president from suspending him while he challenges the Judicial Service Commission’s gross misconduct finding
Whether national security should be located inside or outside the presidency must be considered based on functionality and constitutional values
JSC will await representations on whether Hlophe should be suspended by Ramaphosa, pending the finalisation of parliamentary deliberations
The Judicial Service Commission did not near finality on the matter on Friday and the matter was postponed to the next available date
Johannes Mahlangu’s torture by police and charge for a murder he didn’t commit should never have happened
The embattled Western Cape judge president readily agreed to recuse himself from hearing the public protector’s challenge of the rules governing the process to remove her from office
The chief justice has effectively vacated office five months early as he appeals an adverse finding on his pro-Israel stance and faces criticism from the legal fraternity over his chairing of Judicial Service Commission interviews
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The Judicial Service Commission deferred a decision on whether to suspend the Western Cape judge president. He was present, but mostly silent candidates were interviewed for the division
The commission has dismissed three requests not to proceed with interviews for candidates for the Western Cape high court
The letter follows the commission’s insistence that the embattled Western Cape judge president will partake in this week’s interviews of candidates
Premier Alan Winde and the Cape Bar Council asked that the interviews be postponed pending a decision on Hlophe’s fate but the JSC declined
The Western Cape judge president has rejected the report by a judicial tribunal that lays the groundwork for his impeachment
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
Former state security minister walks free after judge finds there is not sufficient evidence of attempted bribery to scupper Eskom probe
Former state security minister Bongani Bongo has been charged with corruption for allegedly trying to bribe the evidence leader in a parliamentary inquiry into Eskom.
Allegations that Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe planned to assassinate his deputy, Patricia Goliath, are leading to further instability on the Cape bench
The committee says if two complaints against him are found to be true, they are “extremely serious”
The Cape Bar Council says his conduct is ‘unbecoming the holding of judicial office’
The Judicial Conduct Committee’s decision in the Hlophe vs Goliath matter means those judges at loggerheads will have to continue to work in one court
Judicial Conduct Committee decides on a different type of investigation into the gross misconduct complaints between the Western Cape judge president and his deputy
Judge Mushtak Parker is implicated in an application to strike off his former partners. He is also involved in the fight between the Western Cape high court’s judge president and his deputy
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
The tribunal against Judge John Hlophe was postponed exactly a year ago and the next step remains unclear
Free State High Court Judge Cagney Musi recuses himself in the interests of justice and the judiciary
After a decade-long delay, a judicial conduct tribunal is to begin on Monday
The Judge President of the Western Cape High Court will face a Judicial Conduct Tribunal for allegedly attempting to influence ConCourt judges
Ten years after the initial complaint, a call for a judge’s recusal could stall the judicial conduct tribunal before it starts
A decade after the judge’s drunk driving incident, he may face impeachment if found guilty of professional misconduct