Judicial Conduct Committee 9 March 2020 MEDIA STATEMENT DEPUTY CHIEF JUSTICE’S DECISION ON THE COMPLAINT BY DEPUTY JUDGE PRESIDENT P GOLIATH AGAINST JUDGE G SALIE-HLOPHE It is hereby made known that after considering the complaint lodged by Deputy Judge President P Goliath against Judge G Salie-Hlophe, the Deputy Chief Justice was satisfied in terms of […]
Deputy Judge President Goliath (Goliath DJP) launched a complaint of gross judicial misconduct in terms of the Constitution, against Judge President Hlophe (Hlophe JP) at the end of January 2020. Judge President Hlophe has responded and laid a counter complaint against Judge Goliath. In a 100-page affidavit Judge President Hlophe deals with the allegations against […]
Official Media statement: Update on progress in the handling of the complaints involving Judge-President JM Hlophe, Deputy Judge-President P Goliath and Judge G Salie-Hlophe With regard to the complaints lodged with the Judicial Conduct Committee involving Justice P Goliath, Deputy Judge-President of the Western Cape Division of the High Court, Justice JM Hlophe, the Judge-President […]
Media statement by Judges of the Western Cape Division of the High Court Allegations and certain counter-allegations arising from the complaint made by Goliath DJP against Hlophe JP are in the public domain. For as long as the allegations remain unresolved, the confidence which the public is entitled to place in the integrity of the […]
Statement on the complaint lodged by Goliath DJP against Hlophe JP and Salie-Hlophe J The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has noted the complaint lodged by Goliath DJP against Hlophe JP and Salie-Hlophe J, all of the Western Cape Division of the High Court, that was regrettably leaked to the media. Subsequent to lodging the complaint […]
The Judge President (JP) of the Western Cape High Court is again the subject of serious allegations. Judge Hlophe has been accused of a range of misconduct offences by Judge Goliath, who is the Deputy Judge President (DJP) of the same court. In an explosive 14-page affidavit sent to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), Judge […]
The Judicial Conduct Tribunal for Western Cape Judge President John Mandlakayise Hlophe is scheduled to resume on Monday, 21 October 2019, in Johannesburg. At the last meeting of the Tribunal on 2 July 2018, Judge Musi recused himself, and the Tribunal was postponed indefinitely. Judges Matter was informed of the new date for the Tribunal […]
