There is now an opportunity to start afresh. The lessons of recent history are all too clear, if only those who control the process are prepared to learn.
Paul Ngobeni attacks Western Cape judge president John Hlophe in an about turn move by his staunchest defender.
Paul Ngobeni and the University of Cape Town have parted ways following a university decision to abandon disciplinary charges against him.
Unlike with Zuma, whose lifelong commitment to non-racial democracy was so obvious, Hlophe’s progressive credentials are not so clear.
John Hlophe’s track record alone should be enough to see him take the top job of chief justice.
What if we were all getting it wrong? The strident defenders of Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe and his anxious detractors.
Perhaps after years of so much suppressed anger in this society, getting a bit more of it out into the open might not be an entirely bad thing
The Judicial Service Commission has put all interviews for new judges on hold following what it said was a request by Justice Minister Jeff Radebe.
The JSC will study a judgement which set aside its hearings into John Hlophe’s misconduct complaint before deciding what to do, a spokesperson said.
The JSC violated John Hlophe’s rights by going ahead with misconduct hearings against him while he was sick, the high court ruled on Monday.
The South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Monday ordered that the JSC proceedings against Cape Judge President John Hlophe be stopped.
A recently appointed JSC member says judges are were held to high standards that Hlophe has shown he might not be able to adhere to.
Cape Judge President John Hlophe on Thursday asked the members of the Judicial Services Commission’s complaints committee to resign, his lawyer said.
The JSC and lawyers for John Hlophe on Monday were still trying to settle a dispute over the way the complaint against the judge is being handled.
Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe’s bid to dodge an impeachement is increasingly resembling the strategy that got Jacob Zuma off the hook.
The JSC needs to clarify its ”contradictory” statements before Cape Judge President John Hlophe can accept its offer, said his lawyer on Friday.
The Young Communist League on Tuesday called on the JSC to drop its investigation into a complaint against Judge John Hlophe.
A court on Monday reserved judgement in a bid by Cape Judge President John Hlophe to stop a Judicial Service Commission hearing against him.
John Hlophe’s lawyer asked the High Court in Johannesburg on Monday for an interdict to stop the JSC proceedings against him.
John Hlophe wrote a week ago to then president Kgalema Motlanthe, accusing former justice minister Enver Surty of bias against him.
Former justice minister Enver Surty filed an affidavit in the Jo’burg High Court on Thursday in a case involving Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
Cape Judge President John Hlophe’s bid to challenge the JSC’s proceedings against him was postponed in the High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
Cape Judge President John Hlophe was due to launch a bid in the High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday to challenge the JSC proceedings against him.
Seeking an interdict against the inquiry, Hlophe’s team will use an opinion the JSC itself commissioned on who must be present at its hearings.
The new legal norm is now the spirit of the people as interpreted by certain politicians and not through the Constitution.
‘No anti-Zuma bias’ in complaint against Hlophe, Judicial Service Commission hears. Matuma Letsoalo reports.
A tribunal heard claims of hacking and alleged attempts by a senior judge to influence SA’s highest court in a case involving Jacob Zuma on Wednesday.
A misconduct allegation publicised against the Cape Judge President were in the interests of justice, Chief Justice Pius Langa said on Tuesday.
A hearing had several false starts on Tuesday as the case pitting the Cape Judge President against Constitutional Court judges hit more hurdles.
The JSC hearing into a misconduct complaint against Judge President John Hlophe will continue despite his lawyers withdrawing, it ruled on Tuesday.
John Hlophe’s lawyers withdrew from a hearing before the JSC on Tuesday, leaving the commission to decide if it should proceed in their absence.
Lawyers for Cape Judge President John Hlophe requested a third postponement of his judicial misconduct hearing before the JSC on Tuesday.