Many of SA’s elite legal fraternity gathered at the Constitutional Court to pay their respects to the outgoing chief justice.
John Hlophe has recommended that a judge or judges from outside the racially divided Western Cape judiciary should hear a contentious court case.
A High Court judge is opposed to the Bill to resolve the impasse over the extension of the term of office of Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo.
Commentators on the judiciary and presidency regularly rely on the reassuring expression that our Constitution "is the most progressive in the world".
The legal challenge to the extension of Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo’s term of office is as unnecessary as it is unfair.
In the <i>Sunday Times</i>, Judge President Phineas Mojapelo made two key points about the appointment of a new chief justice.
Taxpayers have footed massive bills for the legal wrangle of Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe and the end is not yet in sight.
Seven of the 11 sitting judges of the Constitutional Court would be in conflict and unable to hear an appeal from Judge John Hlophe.
The Cape Bar Council is to take the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to court for making only one appointment to the Western Cape High Court.
Over the past few years the JSC has spurned the opportunity to appoint some searing legal talent.
The arms deal has shown that all issues of public conduct must be transparent.
A judiciary in transition requires the leadership of Sandile Ngcobo, writes <b>Richard Calland</b>.
Judge President John Hlophe is likely to face a fresh inquiry by the JSC into allegations that he tried to influence judges of the Concourt.
The SCA has reserved judgment in the JSC’s appeal against a court ruling setting aside its dismissal of the complaint against Judge John Hlophe.
After years of deliberations between the SA judiciary and government, the process of defining SA’s enforceable judicial ethics is nearing its end.
Not counting a few significant achievements this year, the judicial system faces a host of challenges.
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/ 11 October 2010
Over the next two weeks the Judicial Service Commission convenes to consider candidates for judicial appointments.
NGO challenges JSC’s decision not proceed with the investigation of controversial Judge John Hlophe.
The J SC has recently conducted hearings and made a number of judicial appointments. Again the spectre of race dominated the hearings.
Members of the legal fraternity are eagerly waiting to see if John Hlophe recommends the JSC re-advertises four vacancies on the Cape Bench.
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) will this month for the first time allow television media to broadcast its interviews with aspirant judges.
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/ 28 January 2010
The Judicial Service Commission wants Western Cape Premier Helen Zille’s court challenge against its hearings on John Hlophe dismissed.
President Jacob Zuma will on Thursday announce South Africa’s new chief justice.
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/ 25 September 2009
The JSC has a mountain to climb to restore its reputation and all it has managed to do so far is limit further damage.
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/ 24 September 2009
The JSC may have dealt Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe a slap in the face this week, but the Africanist perspective still triumphed.
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/ 22 September 2009
Cape Judge Dennis Davis did not take kindly to questions put to him on Monday about Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
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/ 21 September 2009
Judge President Hlophe said he would “love” to be part of the Constitutional Court during his interview for a post on the bench by the JSC on Sunday.
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/ 20 September 2009
Chief Justice nominee Judge Sandile Ngcobo said the Judicial Service Commission would have to appoint people of courage to the Constitutional Court.
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/ 17 September 2009
Johann Kriegler will turn to high court action in his bid to challenge the JSC decision over Judge John Hlophe.
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/ 8 September 2009
Fudge, muddle and mediocrity are the emerging modus operandi for resolving tension between law and politics
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/ 7 September 2009
Former judge Johann Kriegler has a condescending attitude toward black people, said JSC member advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza, SC.
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/ 6 September 2009
Freedom Under Law (FUL) on Saturday said that it regretted resignations by its board members Cyril Ramaphosa, Kgomotso Moroka and Dumisa Ntsebeza.