Judicial Conduct Committee

/ 18 April 2023

JSC drafting sexual harassment policy for judiciary

Pressure to do so increased after a serious complaint against the Eastern Cape judge president came to light

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By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 24 February 2023

Work to be done: Maya heading committee drawing up anti-sexual harassment policy

Chief Justice Zondo concedes it has taken too long to set up the committee but that a draft document is already on the cards

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 21 September 2022

Hlophe v Goliath inquiry widens

An appeal panel has called for a tribunal to investigate both the judge president of the Western Cape division and his deputy on impeachable charges of misconduct

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By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 6 August 2022

Hlophe cases highlight difficulty in holding judges to account

The problems within the judicial misconduct system have been made clear in a matter that is still far from the finish line after 14 years

By Mbekezeli Benjamin

National

/ 2 August 2022

Kriegler to challenge ruling that he retract remarks on Hlophe

The retired constitutional court justice was ordered by the Judicial Conduct Committee to withdraw comments that questioned Hlophe’s fitness to be a judge and faulted his acquittal on ANC MP Bongani Bongo

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 3 February 2022

Former chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng apologises over controversial Israel statements

Mogoeng Mogoeng issues apology over his controversial remarks over South Africa’s foreign policy at a Jerusalem Post seminar in 2020

By Paddy Harper

National

/ 11 June 2021

Judicial panel continuing deliberations on Mogoeng’s appeal in Israel matter

The outgoing chief justice has refused an instruction to apologise for his comment on South Africa’s foreign policy and maintained that his office did not bar him from voicing his religious views

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 10 March 2021

Report to JCC calls for tribunal to mull conflicting versions of judges’ damaging clash

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

By Emsie Ferreira

Opinion

/ 9 March 2021

Mogoeng Mogoeng: A chief justice for such a time as this

The JCC’s recent ruling against the chief justice is a win for accountability that enforces the principles of judicial authority

By Dan Mafora

National

/ 5 March 2021

Judicial committee orders Mogoeng to apologise for SA-Israel remarks

The JCC said that by the chief justice straying into politics, he breached the judicial conduct code and ordered him to issue an apology and retraction

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 20 August 2020

Seriti report slammed by Open Secrets and Shadow World Investigations

Last year, the high court set aside the findings of the commission of inquiry into the arms deal scandal. Now activists are calling on the judicial conduct committee to investigate the judges in charge

By Sarah Smit

National

/ 11 June 2020

Judicial Conduct Committee finds prima facie gross misconduct by Judge Mushtak Parker

The committee says if two complaints against him are found to be true, they are “extremely serious”

By Franny Rabkin

Article

/ 14 February 2020

Strike-off case pulls in judge

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

By Franny Rabkin

Article

/ 2 July 2018

WATCH LIVE: Hlophe faces Judicial Conduct Tribunal

After a decade-long delay, a judicial conduct tribunal is to begin on Monday

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 2 July 2018

Hlophe to appear before Judicial Conduct Tribunal

The Judge President of the Western Cape High Court will face a Judicial Conduct Tribunal for allegedly attempting to influence ConCourt judges

By Christina Pitt

Article

/ 8 June 2018

Judge faces labour case probe

A labour court judge is accused of lying by a complainant who claims he ‘ignored’ his submissions

By Dineo Bendile

Article

/ 21 October 2013

Nkabinde and Jafta object to conduct committee investigating Hlope

ConCourt judges Bess Nkabinde and Chris Jafta have, in an unprecedented move, raised a constitutional objection to the Judicial Conduct Committee.

By Niren Tolsi

JSC drafting sexual harassment policy for judiciary

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Work to be done: Maya heading committee drawing up anti-sexual harassment policy

Hlophe v Goliath inquiry widens

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Hlophe cases highlight difficulty in holding judges to account

Kriegler to challenge ruling that he retract remarks on Hlophe

Former chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng apologises over controversial Israel statements

Judicial panel continuing deliberations on Mogoeng’s appeal in Israel matter

Report to JCC calls for tribunal to mull conflicting versions of judges’ damaging clash

Mogoeng Mogoeng: A chief justice for such a time as this

Judicial committee orders Mogoeng to apologise for SA-Israel remarks

Seriti report slammed by Open Secrets and Shadow World Investigations

Judicial Conduct Committee finds prima facie gross misconduct by Judge Mushtak Parker

Strike-off case pulls in judge

WATCH LIVE: Hlophe faces Judicial Conduct Tribunal

Hlophe to appear before Judicial Conduct Tribunal

Judge faces labour case probe

Nkabinde and Jafta object to conduct committee investigating Hlope

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