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Eastern Cape judge president Selby Mbenenge. (Office of the Chief Justice/ S Lioners)

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

The Judicial Conduct Tribunal on Monday began hearing two misconduct complaints against Western Cape high court judge Mushtak Parker. (Judges Matter)

Judicial Conduct Tribunal hears Parker was initially adamant Hlophe assaulted him

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

Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge. (Nelius Rademan/ Foto24/Gallo Images)

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

Chief Justice Mandisa Maya. (Photo: DispatchLive)

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

John Hlophe was impeached for trying to sway two apex court justices to decide applications linked to the arms deal in Jacob Zuma’s favour. Picture: Werner Beukes/SAPA

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

John Hlophe was impeached for trying to sway two apex court justices to decide applications linked to the arms deal in Jacob Zuma’s favour. Picture: Werner Beukes/SAPA

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

Retired constitutional court justice Johann Kriegler

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…

Mogoeng Mogoeng’s new party, the All African Alliance Movement is following the script with a crudely xenophobic orientation.
(Madelene Cronjé)

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

Outgoing chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.

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…

Western Cape Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath.

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’s new party, the All African Alliance Movement is following the script with a crudely xenophobic orientation.
(Madelene Cronjé)

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

Happy days: In 2015, then-president Jacob Zuma seemed pleased to receive the exonerating arms deal report from Judges Hendrick Musi (left) and Willie Seriti (right). (Photo: Elmond Jiyane/ GCIS)

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…

If the two complaints against Western Cape Judge Mushtak Parker are found to be true, they are ‘extremely serious’ says the Judicial Conduct Committee.

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”

Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe has withdrawn his urgent interdict to try to stop parliament from implementing recommendations by the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) that he be impeached.
(Nelius Rademan/Gallo Images/ Foto24)

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…

Cape Judge President John Hlophe (centre). (Oupa Nkosi, M&G)

WATCH LIVE: Hlophe faces Judicial Conduct Tribunal

After a decade-long delay, a judicial conduct tribunal is to begin on Monday

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

Hlophe to appear before Judicial Conduct Tribunal

​The Judge President of the Western Cape High Court will face a Judicial Conduct Tribunal for allegedly attempting to influence ConCourt judges

‘Absurd’: Judge Anton Steenkamp says the accusations are ‘an insult to my integrity as a judge and a human being’.

Judge faces labour case probe

A labour court judge is accused of lying by a complainant who claims he ‘ignored’ his submissions

The president’s decision comes five months after the Judicial Service Commission recommended the step

Nkabinde and Jafta object to conduct committee investigating Hlope

ConCourt judges Bess Nkabinde and Chris Jafta have, in an unprecedented move, raised a constitutional objection to the Judicial Conduct Committee.