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Hlophe says ‘assassination plot’ is a bid to sully his name

National Lester Kiewit - 19 Sep 2020

Allegations that Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe planned to assassinate his deputy, Patricia Goliath, are leading to further instability on the Cape bench

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

National Franny Rabkin - 11 Jun 2020

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

Goliath’s secret recording of Hlophe raises questions of ethics

National Franny Rabkin - 16 May 2020

In an extraordinary move for a judge, the deputy judge president says she secretly recorded a meeting that proves she was insulted by Judge President John Hlophe

Western Cape Judge Mushtak Parker faces second misconduct complaint

Article Franny Rabkin - 1 Apr 2020

The Cape Bar Council says his conduct is ‘unbecoming the holding of judicial office’

High court judicial row rumbles on

Article Franny Rabkin - 19 Mar 2020

The Judicial Conduct Committee’s decision in the Hlophe vs Goliath matter means those judges at loggerheads will have to continue to work in one court

No impeachment tribunal for Hlophe or Goliath — yet

Article Franny Rabkin - 17 Mar 2020

Judicial Conduct Committee decides on a different type of investigation into the gross misconduct complaints between the Western Cape judge president and his deputy

Politicians should take responsibility for Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s appointment

Article Dianne Hawker - 17 Mar 2020

The process of appointing the public protector is flawed, and led by politicians who don’t seem to have paid attention to the law. This has to change

Western Cape judges refuse to share a bench with one of their own

National Franny Rabkin - 16 Mar 2020

Ten judges say that, in the dispute between the Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe and his deputy Patricia Goliath, their colleague has shown a serious lack of integrity

Strike-off case pulls in judge

Article Franny Rabkin - 14 Feb 2020

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

Hlophe: Goliath’s ‘false allegations’ amount to gross misconduct

Article Franny Rabkin - 7 Feb 2020

The Western Cape Judge President has made a counter-complaint against his deputy and responded to her allegation

Warring judges stay on the Bench

Article Franny Rabkin - 31 Jan 2020

Removing them, even temporarily, is not easy. And for good reason, writes Franny Rabkin

Salie-Hlophe accuses Goliath of lying and racism

Article Franny Rabkin - 25 Jan 2020

In response to Goliath’s gross misconduct complaint, Salie-Hlophe says Goliath has ‘an unhealthy obsession with my marriage’

Hlophe complaint is an eerie echo

National Franny Rabkin - 24 Jan 2020

But the new complaint against the Western Cape judge president is also unprecedented

Why drunken judge not impeached

Article Franny Rabkin - 17 Oct 2019

Nkola Motata’s case is the closest democratic South Africa has come to impeaching a judge

Mogoeng versus the magistrates

Article Franny Rabkin - 11 Oct 2019

At the heart of the fierce exchange are questions about how well a move for the judiciary to govern itself is being implemented

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