The commission is yet to secure premises, finalise rules and consult witnesses for the six-month inquiry into criminality and political interference in the criminal justice system
Acting for the MK party, Dali Mpofu said the ANC was only challenging the registration of the party because Jacob Zuma was campaigning for it
Pressure to do so increased after a serious complaint against the Eastern Cape judge president came to light
Justice Mahube Molemela said she would retire in the position, abandoning her earlier ambitions for a seat on the constitutional court
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 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
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
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
Instead the labour court heard and then dismissed the case, with costs. Judge Benita Witcher will give reasons at a later stage
The National Education Health and Allied Workers Union says it will instead meet Health Minister Zweli Mkhize