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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

Judge Mabindla-Boqwana joined the Judiciary in 2013, at the Western Cape Division of the High Court. (RSAJudiciary)

Mabindla-Boqwana ‘comes home’ to heal troubled Western Cape high court

The respected appellate court judge has a plan to create an atmosphere of trust and transparency in the division

Scalabrini launched a constitutional challenge against two sections of the Refugees Act as well as parts of its regulations.
Photo: (David Harrison/M&G)

High court declares sections of Refugees Act unconstitutional

The sections render asylum seekers ‘undocumented’ if they do not renew visas within one month of expiry date

Former Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe.

Hlophe grills aspirant Western Cape judges

While he challenges its recommendation that he be suspended, the judge president was allowed to take part in the JSC interviews with candidates in his division

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

‘The law is for protection of the people’ – but do lawyers know it?

It’s fine to be successful and make a good living, but it is essential that law practitioners display morals and ethics and do what’s best for the client

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

River Club.

River Club property developers continue construction despite interim interdict

Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust maintains recommencement of construction not in contravention of the law

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

Steadfast: The Xolobeni residents have, for more than a decade and with deadly consequences for them, fought off an Australian company wanting to mine their land.  (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

High court gives Australian mining company a big SLAP(P)

The judge ruled that corporations should not be allowed to use the legal system against citizens and activists

Serious allegations: Judge John Hlophe (left) is being investigated by the Judicial Conduct Tribunal, as ordered by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng (right). (Shelley Christians/Gallo Images/The Times)

Hlophe says ‘assassination plot’ is a bid to sully his name

Allegations that Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe planned to assassinate his deputy, Patricia Goliath, are leading to further instability on the Cape bench

A view of the targeted area for the Xolobeni Mineral Sands project on the Wild Coast.

Corporate bullying in fight over Xolobeni mining

Activists argue that the Australian company suing them is using the courts to silence criticism and so abusing the legal system. The law should change to stop these types of suits

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 Mushtak Parker faces second misconduct complaint

The Cape Bar Council says his conduct is ‘unbecoming the holding of judicial office’

Unresolved: Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath laid a gross misconduct complaint against Judge President John Hlophe. (Judges Matter)

High court judicial row rumbles on

The Judicial Conduct Committee’s decision in the Hlophe vs Goliath matter means those judges at loggerheads will have to continue to work in one court

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

No impeachment tribunal for Hlophe or Goliath — yet

Judicial Conduct Committee decides on a different type of investigation into the gross misconduct complaints between the Western Cape judge president and his deputy

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

Western Cape judges refuse to share a bench with one of their own

Ten judges say that, in the dispute between the Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe and his deputy Patricia Goliath, their colleague has shown a serious lack of integrity

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…

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: Goliath’s ‘false allegations’ amount to gross misconduct

The Western Cape Judge President has made a counter-complaint against his deputy and responded to her allegation

Despite an altercation and serious allegations, judges John Hlophe (above), Gayaat
Salie-Hlophe and Patricia Goliath have not requested special leave. (David Harrison/M&G)

Warring judges stay on the Bench

Removing them, even temporarily, is not easy. And for good reason, writes Franny Rabkin

Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe and his wife, Judge Gayaat Salie-Hlophe, on their wedding day in 2015.   (Esa Alexander/Gallo Images/Sunday Times)

Salie-Hlophe accuses Goliath of lying and racism

In response to Goliath’s gross misconduct complaint, Salie-Hlophe says Goliath has ‘an unhealthy obsession with my marriage’