Mail & Guardian
Mail & Guardian

Jsc Interviews

latest news & developments
The MK Party applied to stop the JSC interviews as it wanted impeached former Western Cape judge president John Hlope (left) to be allowed to be part of the panel that will interview future judges. (Photo by Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
COURT APPLICATION

JSC interviews to progress as MK bid to halt them dismissed

The Johannesburg high court dismissed MK’s urgent court application to halt JSC interviews

  • Anathi Madubela
1 min read
Judge Piet Koen (Image: Judges Matter)
JACOB ZUMA

Judge Piet Koen says he was devastated by Mogoeng’s attack

In an interview for a position on the SCA, the trial judge in the Zuma corruption case said the then chief justice’s criticism was unfounded

  • Emsie Ferreira
7 min read
The JSC in 2021 affirmed a finding by the Judicial Conduct Tribunal that Hlophe had committed gross misconduct by raising a pending ruling relating to former president and now MK party leader Jacob Zuma’s arms deal corruption case with two constitutional court justices. File photo
ALAN WINDE

FUL mulls legal options regarding Hlophe’s presence at interviews for Western Cape bench

Premier Alan Winde and the Cape Bar Council asked that the interviews be postponed pending a decision on Hlophe’s fate but the JSC declined

  • Emsie Ferreira
5 min read