The failure by the Judicial Service Commission, an organisation chaired by the chief justice, risked undermining respect for the rule of law, the group said
Judges Matter has asked the chief justice whether the implications of the decision have been carefully weighed
The Judicial Service Commission said the fact that the Eastern Cape judge president has filed charges against his accuser was not relevant to its decision
The former president is probably correct in believing he will never serve another day in prison but he has shaken faith in the justice system
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She has vowed to retire in the post and abandon any ambition to join the constitutional court
With only three candidates shortlisted, the JSC will again not be able to fill a vacancy that arose at the constitutional court in late 2021
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Chief Justice Zondo concedes it has taken too long to set up the committee but that a draft document is already on the cards
Calls for two judges accused of crime to step aside while a third appears before Judicial Conduct Tribunal on a complaint of impeachable misconduct
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Call for Eastern Cape judge president to step aside over sexual harassment and hearings begin in misconduct charges against Gauteng judge Makhubele
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Judge Sulet Potterill told the JSC the battle to bring women into the highest echelons of the judiciary will be won
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Independently filming and live-streaming sittings comes with a cost but the court is closing a window that showed up its critics and was good for transparency
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The chief justice was acting in a non-judicial capacity when chairing the state capture inquiry, so the complaint probably falls outside the law but underscores the risk of naming sitting judges to investigate political scandals
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The supreme court of appeal president, who was the Judicial Service Commission’s recommendation for chief justice, would be the first woman to hold the post
In arguing that the retired judge fell foul of the judicial code of conduct when he criticised her misreading of the executive ethics code, Mkhwebane risks misreading the rules again
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The attack by Minister Lindiwe Sisulu on judges as enslaved to a colonial mentally placed the acting head of the judiciary in an impossible position, fraught with politics, legal scholars say
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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
The chief justice we didn’t know we needed protected the independence of the judiciary through dark days but leaves an ambivalent legacy
Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo protected the integrity of the process after it descended into politicking in April
The president has named a panel of experts to help him draw up a shortlist of candidates in an unprecedented move that opens the appointment to consultation