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The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party and the African Transformation Movement (ATM) have called for members of the judiciary to undergo lifestyle audits.

We increasingly need the courts to defend justice

Online news articles in September were dominated by references to courts – cadre deployment, contempt, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, Eskom, corruption, Makhanda high court

Former public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane.

Evidence leader in Mkhwebane inquiry refuses recusal

Advocate Nazreen Bawa said the calls for her to step aside were spurious and based on false allegations made by Barnabas Xulu, the some time attorney of Judge John Hlophe

Former public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. (Leila Dougan/Daily Maverick/Gallo Images)

Mkhwebane’s legal spending spree

MPs have heard that she spent R146.9-million defending her reports, with a third going to an obscure law firm

Defence minister reinstates Ngobeni after Manuel attack

Defence minister reinstates Ngobeni after Manuel attack

Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has reinstated her legal adviser Paul Ngobeni, after he was caught up in a spat with Planning Minister Trevor Manuel.

Nationalisation isn’t the way for South Africa

Ngobeni suspended after Manuel letter

Paul Ngobeni may lose his job as legal adviser to Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu after his open letter to Planning Minister Trevor Manuel.

DA questions Cabinet’s ConCourt assessments

Ngobeni wades into Manuel, Manyi spat

ANC heavyweight and a prominent backer of President Jacob Zuma, Paul Ngobeni, has lashed out at planning minister Trevor Manuel.

Ngobeni to be SANDF’s ‘union buster’

The appointment of Paul Ngobeni as chief legal adviser to Lindiwe Sisulu has “sparked outrage and ruffled feathers” in the military services division.

DA questions Sisulu’s appointment of Ngobeni

Minister of Defence Lindiwe Sisulu committed an error of judgement by appointing Paul Ngobeni as her legal adviser, DA MP David Maynier says.

Hlophe’s flip-flopping backer

Paul Ngobeni attacks Western Cape judge president John Hlophe in an about turn move by his staunchest defender.

Ngobeni, UCT part ways

Paul Ngobeni and the University of Cape Town have parted ways following a university decision to abandon disciplinary charges against him.

Carole Lewis. Photo: Lisa Skinner

Disagree? Lodge a complaint

Prominent lawyers think Judge Carole Lewis’s remarks were racist.

UCT deputy faces gun over Hlophe

Deputy registrar and legal adviser Paul Ngobeni is facing university disciplinary action for his support of Cape Judge President John Hlophe.

Triple play to save Zuma

Legal and academic experts are helping the ANC devise a strategy to get Jacob Zuma off the hook — possibly by closing probes into the arms deal.