Judges Matter welcomes the majority decision of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional to recommend to the National Assembly that retired Judge Nkola Motata and suspended Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe be removed from office as judges.
Judges Matter condemns, in the strongest terms, the comments made by EFF leader, Mr Julius Malema, accusing Magistrate Twanet Olivier of corruption and incompetence without any substantiation.
Judges Matter statement on sexual harassment investigation Into Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge
The October 2023 DGRU submission reflects on the progress made by the JSC and suggests areas for improvement, intended to enhance the legitimacy of the judicial appointment process.
Judge Motata is not facing impeachment as a result of drunk driving, Rather it is the result of two other complaints: One, how he defended himself in his criminal trial, and the second is a charge of racism.
What happens now to “drunk” Judge Nkola Motata? It has been 16 years since allegations emerged that on the morning of 6 January 2007 Gauteng High Court Judge Nkola Motata drove his car into a wall while drunk. Following his drunk-driving conviction in a magistrates court, a judicial misconduct complaint filed with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) […]
[MEDIA STATEMENT] 22 June 2023 Judges Matter welcomes the Supreme Court of Appeal’s ruling that the JSC was wrong in only finding Judge Motata guilty of misconduct, instead of gross misconduct. The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) decided today that the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) must send Judge Motata to Parliament for a vote on […]
The recent April sitting of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) was the third chaired by Chief Justice Raymond Zondo since he assumed permanent leadership of South Africa’s judiciary. While part of the week saw Deputy Chief Justice Mandisa Maya filling in for Zondo, both judges played assured hands in restoring rigour and precision to proceedings. […]
1. At its special sitting held in Johannesburg on 4 April 2022, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) considered and reviewed: 1.1 the guidelines for questioning candidates for judicial appointment to the Constitutional Court adopted in 1994; and 1.2 the criteria for judicial selection adopted in 2010. The JSC’s decision and approach 2. The […]
Interviewing for the position of president of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), Judge Mahube Molemela had to convince the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) that she had fresh ideas to maintain and improve upon the standards of a bench which she described as the judicial “lodestar” in the country. It was a careful balancing act […]
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