The defence focused on challenging the sexual harassment allegations, arguing Selby Mbenenge’s interactions with former court secretary Andiswa Mengo were consensual
Zintle Nkqayi worked as Mbenenge’s secretary from 2020 until she resigned in April 2025, citing bad treatment by colleagues who supported his sexual harassment accuser, Andiswa Mengo
Mbenenge’s counsel Muzi Sikhakhane said his sexual harassment accuser Andiswa Mengo did not fit gender expert Lisa Vetten’s description of a woman who could not stand up for herself
Gender-based violence specialist Lisa Vetten tells a tribunal the complainant used ‘different strategies to communicate reluctance and unwillingness’
A dispute over gender expert Lisa Vetten’s testimony in judicial misconduct has forced the tribunal to postpone, allowing the respondent time to study the evidence summary report
The director of facilities and security management at the office of the chief justice said he could not explain why the footage was not preserved
The judicial conduct tribunal’s outcome could reshape women’s rights, workplace safety and equality in South Africa’s male-dominated judiciary
The Western Cape high court judge faces two complaints of impeachable misconduct
An independent, rigorous process for investigating complaints of abuse of power of a sexual nature must be set up to provide guidance for tribunal investigations
She told the tribunal she stood by her statement that the Eastern Cape chief justice exposed himself to her in his chambers
The judge president has damaged his reputation and by extension that of the wider judiciary
Andiswa Mengo has been accused of being a liar who indulged the judge president’s advances
Andiswa Mengo told a tribunal two people intimated to her she was not the first woman to be hounded by the Eastern Cape judge president
The secretary who has accused Eastern Cape judge president Mbenenge of sexual harassment told a judicial conduct tribunal the message left her feeling ‘naked’
The Eastern Cape judge president routinely sent sexual texts until she tried to placate him in the hope he would leave her in peace, Andiswa Mengo told a judicial conduct tribunal
The tribunal also found her conduct as the chair of PRASA’s interim board to be equally unethical
The respected appellate court judge has a plan to create an atmosphere of trust and transparency in the division
The civil rights group argues that it was irrational and that parliament failed in its duty to oversee the commission
The president’s decision to remove him from the bench was flawed, Motata said, because the National Assembly was misled when it took a vote that triggered this step
Judge Mngqibisa-Thusi delivered over 20 judgments late
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
Call for Eastern Cape judge president to step aside over sexual harassment and hearings begin in misconduct charges against Gauteng judge Makhubele
While he challenges its recommendation that he be suspended, the judge president was allowed to take part in the JSC interviews with candidates in his division
He argues in court papers that the JSC’s advice to the president to suspend him is a violation of the Superior Courts Act
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
The high court said Western Cape judge president’s arguments were either not sustainable or worthy of a review application and held that the Judicial Service Commission’s directive that he faces an impeachment process stood
The court found that the organisation’s past history in ensuring the misconduct inquiry against the Western Cape judge president was reopened refuted, rather than supported, Hlophe’s objections
The application means it is unlikely that Hlophe’s bid to review the misconduct finding against him will be heard this year
The embattled Western Cape Judge President is also seeking to interdict the president from suspending him while he challenges the Judicial Service Commission’s gross misconduct finding
Judge Hlophe knew the ‘standards of judicial ethics’, yet still compromised the concourt’s independence
JSC will await representations on whether Hlophe should be suspended by Ramaphosa, pending the finalisation of parliamentary deliberations