The president’s decision comes five months after the Judicial Service Commission recommended the step
The JSC not only got it wrong in law, but lacked a majority to make a binding recommendation that Judge John Hlophe face impeachment, the Johannesburg high court heard on Monday morning
The appointment of the Pillay shortlist panel was designed to ensure greater transparency in the appointment of a successor to Mogoeng Mogoeng but commentators are not overly concerned about their views remaining under wraps, for now
Embattled Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe and public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane met the criteria for nomination but are likely to be culled when a presidential advisory panel compiles a short list