Call for Eastern Cape judge president to step aside over sexual harassment and hearings begin in misconduct charges against Gauteng judge Makhubele
Molemela joined the appellate court four and half years ago and fills the vacancy left by Deputy Chief Justice Mandisa Maya
There should be fewer MPs on the commission to limit political interference in judicial appointment, Freedom Under Law and the Helen Suzman Foundation argue
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
Judge Sulet Potterill told the JSC the battle to bring women into the highest echelons of the judiciary will be won
Zondo’s reform mission for the JSC was prompted by shambolic interview which saw judges being harassed by politicians
It’s fine to be successful and make a good living, but it is essential that law practitioners display morals and ethics and do what’s best for the client
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
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 problems within the judicial misconduct system have been made clear in a matter that is still far from the finish line after 14 years
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 Judicial Services Commission has finally recommended that the Western Cape judge president be suspended, but he is preparing appeal to overturn a decision that he should face impeachment
Maya will be South Africa’s first female judge to hold the position and will now be in line, if tradition is followed, to succeed chief justice Raymond Zondo in 2024
South African judges are expected to adjudicate complex and serious issues, but how can they do so without libraries, telephones, laptops and an internet connection?
The chief justice said the delay of almost a week was caused by fact-checking the fifth and final chapter of his report
The suspended public protector urged the Judicial Service Commission to investigate the incident further, saying the judges she named must be removed from the bench
The SCA president said she was shocked by a leak from the apex court, days after an investigation ordered by Chief Justice Raymond Zondo found that there could not have been one
The well-respected Western Cape high court judge was named after the April interviews where the JSC overlooked David Unterhalter a third time
The chief justice was acting in a non-judicial capacity when chairing the state capture inquiry, so the complaint probably falls outside the law but underscores the risk of naming sitting judges to investigate political scandals
The supreme court of appeal president, who was the Judicial Service Commission’s recommendation for chief justice, would be the first woman to hold the post
In arguing that the retired judge fell foul of the judicial code of conduct when he criticised her misreading of the executive ethics code, Mkhwebane risks misreading the rules again
The fraught interview carried an echo of the controversy over former chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s religious pronoucements after members of the JSC cited extracts from Madondo’s writings on the biblical view on homosexuality
The decision to recommend her appointment is unusual as she had never applied to take silk, a choice that perplexed Chief Justice Raymond Zondo and commissioners
His third unsuccessful candidacy raises the spectre of a legal review and case law dictates that the JSC can be compelled to give reasons for failing to appoint a qualified candidate
The esteemed jurist had to apologise for failing to recuse himself on an application for leave to appeal to the constitutional court, sinking his hopes of a permanent position at the court
In interviews with candidates for the constitutional court, issues of race, gender and transformation featured but did not crowd out questions on points of law
The organisation notes complaints against Mpofu following the interviews with candidates for chief justice and set out guidelines of fairness, but said he was not treated fairly within its own ranks
President Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected a recommendation from the JSC that he appoint Supreme Court of Appeal president Mandisa Maya as head of the judiciary
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has dismissed a demand by nine legal organisations that it should postpone all further interviews with aspiring judges until it has elaborated on its criteria for appointment to the bench. “You are advised that the JSC has not passed any resolution to give you the undertaking you asked it to […]
Although the debate about whether the country is ready for a woman chief justice is absurd and misogynistic, the answer is a resounding yes — and it is long overdue
The directive from parliament has been put on hold, pending the EFF leader’s legal challenge to the decision as unlawful
The president said he had expected the commission to limit itself to commenting on the suitability of all four shortlisted candidates, but that the decision remained his prerogative