Nkola Motata

The Western Cape high court judge faces two complaints of impeachable misconduct

The president’s decision to remove him from the bench was flawed, Motata said, because the National Assembly was misled when it took a vote that triggered this step

There was 15 years of legal to and fro before the first judge in post-apartheid South Africa was impeached

Nkola Motata’s case is the closest democratic South Africa has come to impeaching a judge

Though cleared of gross misconduct, he retired high court judge must pay a fine of over a million rand

Motata’s counsel, Themba Skosana said that while the words used by Motata could be considered “vulgar”, they were not racist.

A decade after the judge’s drunk driving incident, he may face impeachment if found guilty of professional misconduct

Motata is one of seven judges who face impeachment inquiries but whose cases have languished unresolved for years

Using a member of the NPA as an evidence leader compromises the principles of separation of powers and judicial independence.

High Court judge Nkola Motata has lost a legal bid on Friday to stop a misconduct inquiry against him after his conviction of drunken driving.

When celebrities and politicians find themselves on the wrong side of the law their excuses are often as colourful as their personalities.

Judge Nkola Motata has launched a bid to stop a judicial conduct tribunal from investigating him in connection with his drunk-driving conviction.

Judge Nkola Motata — a convicted drunk driver — was involved in another accident in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, early on Saturday morning.

The justice department would comment later on Tuesday on a report that Judge Nkola Motata has been paid almost R5-million while on special leave.

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) will discuss the fate of Judge Nkola Motata, convicted of drunken driving, at its next sitting in April.