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Several parties in the new governing coalition firmly supported Hlophe’s nomination, while the Inkatha Freedom Party stayed on the fence.
GLYNNIS BREYTENBACH

MPs give Hlophe three weeks to make final representations

An initial letter from the suspended judge president revisited arguments he raised in his failed court bid to overturn a finding of impeachable misconduct

  • Emsie Ferreira
5 min read
Parliament’s portfolio committee on justice on Wednesday resolved to ask for a briefing from the Judicial Service Commission as the first step in the impeachment of retired, disgraced justice Nkola Motata
FREEDOM UNDER LAW

MPs begin process to impeach ‘drunk judge’ Motata

The portfolio committee on justice will invite the Judicial Service Commission to brief MPs on the process that has led to this point, 15 years after Motata’s conviction for…

  • Emsie Ferreira
6 min read