The JSC is still deciding what to do about John Hlophe’s alleged bid to influence ConCourt judges over corruption charges against President Zuma.
The Judicial Service Commission that selects judges has been set for scrutinisation as a number of vacancies remain, leaving vacuums in SA’s courts.
The ConCourt faced a difficult job when it was asked to consider whether Cape Judge President John Hlophe should get leave to appeal a court ruling.
The JSC will now have to reconsider complaints laid by Constitutional Court judges and Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
Judge President John Hlophe has lost an application for leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court against previous rulings concerning his behaviour.
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/ 2 December 2011
Can an acting Constitutional Court judge who owes his or her once-off appointment to the president make an independent decision?
The Constitutional Court has reserved judgment in a preliminary hearing on a conflict of interest from a misconduct complaint against John Hlophe.
The ConCourt will on Tuesday hear an application related to a complaint against Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe from three years ago.
Sisi Khampepe’s extended sick leave could leave the Constitutional Court without a quorum, possibly abandoning the John Hlophe misconduct hearing.
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/ 29 October 2011
The first JSC meeting under new Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng was not without its share of interest and possibilities for the better.
The Constitutional Court has handed down reasons for the postponement of the hearing of two cases involving Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
Three Constitutional Court judges have allegedly refused to sit on Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe’s misconduct case.
President Jacob Zuma has heaped praise on new Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng for maintaining a "dignified silence" during an onslaught.
John Hlophe has recommended that a judge or judges from outside the racially divided Western Cape judiciary should hear a contentious court case.
When it was reported that Cape Judge President John Hlophe had been arrested overloading a bakkie, retired judge Brahm Lategan was "tickled blue".
Forensic investigators are concerned that the alleged key player in the missing pension funds may be planning to leave the country with his family.
The state will continue to pay Judge President John Hlophe’s legal fees only if he agrees to repay them in full should he lose his appeal.
Taxpayers have footed massive bills for the legal wrangle of Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe and the end is not yet in sight.
Seven of the 11 sitting judges of the Constitutional Court would be in conflict and unable to hear an appeal from Judge John Hlophe.
The arms deal has shown that all issues of public conduct must be transparent.
Judge President John Hlophe is likely to face a fresh inquiry by the JSC into allegations that he tried to influence judges of the Concourt.
The Supreme Court of Appeal on Thursday dismissed an appeal by the JSC and John Hlophe in regard to possible disciplinary hearings.
The Supreme Court of Appeal has heard arguments by Freedom Under Law in its bid to reopen the probe into Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
The SCA has reserved judgment in the JSC’s appeal against a court ruling setting aside its dismissal of the complaint against Judge John Hlophe.
An application by legal advocacy body Freedom Under Law to force the JSC to reopen its investigation into Judge John Hlophe was dismissed on Friday.
Judge President John Hlophe has a bodyguard who has to check whether his water is not poisoned.
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/ 27 September 2010
Thuthuke Exton Hlophe, 27-year-old student son of Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe, was on Monday found guilty on six counts of fraud.
NGO challenges JSC’s decision not proceed with the investigation of controversial Judge John Hlophe.
The government has spent R6,78-million covering Judge John Hlophe’s legal fees, incurred in his dispute with Constitutional Court judges.
The Cape High Court found that the JSC was not properly constituted when it heard the complaint because it excluded Zille, the plaintiff in the case.
A court has found last year’s proceedings of the JSC, where it dismissed a complaint of gross misconduct against Judge John Hlophe, were invalid.
Members of the legal fraternity are eagerly waiting to see if John Hlophe recommends the JSC re-advertises four vacancies on the Cape Bench.