Judicial Conduct Committee
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Of blindness in brinjals, bananas and peaches: What would an AI tool say?
Evidence in a recent sexual harassment case raises questions on how to devolve justice when convention and tradition are pitted against youth expectations
Judicial Conduct Tribunal hears Parker was initially adamant Hlophe assaulted him
The Western Cape high court judge faces two complaints of impeachable misconduct
JSC drafting sexual harassment policy for judiciary
Pressure to do so increased after a serious complaint against the Eastern Cape judge president came to light
Work to be done: Maya heading committee drawing up anti-sexual harassment policy
Chief Justice Zondo concedes it has taken too long to set up the committee but that a draft document is already on the cards
Hlophe v Goliath inquiry widens
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
Hlophe cases highlight difficulty in holding judges to account
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
Kriegler to challenge ruling that he retract remarks on Hlophe
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…
Former chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng apologises over controversial Israel statements
Mogoeng Mogoeng issues apology over his controversial remarks over South Africa’s foreign policy at a Jerusalem Post seminar in 2020
Judicial panel continuing deliberations on Mogoeng’s appeal in Israel matter
The outgoing chief justice has refused an instruction to apologise for his comment on South Africa’s foreign policy and maintained that his office did not bar him from voicing…
Report to JCC calls for tribunal to mull conflicting versions of judges’ damaging clash
The tensions in the Western Cape division are likely to trigger another inquiry into Goliath’s and Salie-Hlophe’s dispute, with potentially dire consequences
Mogoeng Mogoeng: A chief justice for such a time as this
The JCC’s recent ruling against the chief justice is a win for accountability that enforces the principles of judicial authority
Judicial committee orders Mogoeng to apologise for SA-Israel remarks
The JCC said that by the chief justice straying into politics, he breached the judicial conduct code and ordered him to issue an apology and retraction
Seriti report slammed by Open Secrets and Shadow World Investigations
Last year, the high court set aside the findings of the commission of inquiry into the arms deal scandal. Now activists are calling on the judicial conduct committee to…
Judicial Conduct Committee finds prima facie gross misconduct by Judge Mushtak Parker
The committee says if two complaints against him are found to be true, they are “extremely serious”
Strike-off case pulls in judge
Judge Mushtak Parker is implicated in an application to strike off his former partners. He is also involved in the fight between the Western Cape high court’s judge president and…