Pretoria High Court Judge Eberhard Bertelsmann has withdrawn from the race to succeed Constitutional Court Judge Tholakele Madala.
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/ 29 September 2008
The Judicial Service Commission will deal with the Constitutional Court’s complaint against Judge John Hlophe in mid-October.
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/ 28 September 2008
One of the first hot potatoes President Kgalema Motlanthe will have to handle is the choice of the 18th judge of the Constitutional Court.
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/ 27 September 2008
A court ruling in favour of Judge John Hlophe will not taint a misconduct complaint against him before the JSC, it was reported on Saturday.
Commentators weigh in on the likely Constitutional Court candidates
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/ 1 September 2008
The independence of the judiciary is generally regarded as being an essential component of democratic government. There should be no doubt about this.
Kgalema Motlanthe: ”We must appreciate that these institutions of the judiciary must have a life way beyond their current incumbents.”
Leading legal professionals have dismissed suggestions that the Constitutional Court is in disarray and that it suffers from poor leadership.
Members of the legal fraternity are proposing a graceful exit for the Cape judge president.
So many South Africans who have proven their bona fides in bucketloads are now being called enemies of the revolution.
Former DA leader Tony Leon says the crisis in the judiciary has been more than a decade in the making.
A full bench of the Witwatersrand local division will hear John Hlophe’s application against the Constitutional Court and the JSC.
The JSC has dismissed Cape Judge President John Hlophe’s application for the recusal of five commissioners from handling a complaint against him.
The Constitutional Court must drop its complaint against him or risk creating a constitutional crisis, says Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
Cape Judge President John Hlophe has applied for an order that the Constitutional Court has violated his rights, media reported on Thursday.
The ANC has reportedly proposed a merging of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal. Is this an attack on the judiciary?
ANC president Jacob Zuma said he had never acted ”unconstitutionally” and denied the ruling party was on a collision course with the judiciary.
Jacob Zuma will not make a submission to the Constitutional Court over his concerns relating to the stand-off between the court and Judge John Hlophe.
Cape Town Judge President John Hlophe has called on the Judicial Service Commission to investigate Chief Justice Pius Langa for gross misconduct.
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has given Cape Judge President John Hlophe until Monday to respond to a Constitutional Court complaint.
Director Jane Lipman couldn’t have wished for a better time to launch her thought-provoking documentary on the lives of South African women judges.
The Constitional Court is to meet on Monday to discuss how it can back up its ”undue influence” claims against Cape Judge President John Hlophe,
Black legal organisations closed ranks around Hlophe this week, adding their voices to a chorus of criticism about the court’s conduct.
A Johannesburg Bar member protests against the attack on Judge John Hlophe on insubstantial evidence.
Cape Judge President John Hlophe allegedly told two Constitutional Court judges to rule in favour of African National Congress president Jacob Zuma if they wished to secure their futures, a newspaper said on Sunday.
The Judicial Services Commission (JSC) will only meet in a month’s time to decide whether there is a prima facie case against Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
The past couple of weeks have confirmed the truly risky nature of our constitutional journey, begun more than a decade ago.
A meeting of the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) was under way on Friday to consider an allegation levelled against Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
Advocates for Transformation this week reacted to the Hlophe uproar by rejecting calls for his suspension.
Cape Judge President John Hlophe will face a tough, courtroom-style interrogation by the disciplinary committee of the Judical Service Commission.
The chair of Parliament’s justice committee has called for the Judicial Service Commission to consider opening to the public some of its hearings on the conduct of Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
Cape Judge President John Hlophe should step down from his post until the latest complaint against him has been resolved, according to the Cape Bar Council. ”It would be untenable for Judge Hlophe to continue in office pending the determination of the complaint by the Judicial Services Commission,” the council said on Tuesday.