Recap: Hlophe Tribunal December 2020
What happened at the December 2020 Hlophe Tribunal? We discuss the three day Judicial Conduct Tribunal that took place in December 2020.
Hlophe Tribunal 2020 livestream
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Western Cape High Court Official Statement: Goliath vs Hlophe
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 […]
Judge Goliath takes on Judge Hlophe
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 by Judge Goliath, who is the Deputy Judge President (DJP) in the same court. In 2018, Goliath acted as a Constitutional Court justice. She returned to the Western […]
Hlophe Tribunal set to resume
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 […]
Judges speak through their judgments
The response to fake news is always tricky – the temptation is overwhelming to jump in and explain in great detail why the news is wrong, misconceived or malicious. The Chief Justice found himself in just such a position and decided to speak out against the allegations. He was joined by Judge Judge President Cagney […]
The question of skewed briefing patterns
The Judge President of the Western Cape asked a number of questions in the October 2017 hearings of the JSC. These questions went to what are called the skewed briefing patterns that exist, generally referring to how members of the advocates’ profession obtain work from attorneys. He asked Mr Papier: The issue Mr Papier, of […]
The Hlophe Papers
Last week Paul Hoffman SC, the Director and Head of Projects at The Institute for Accountability in Southern Africa (IFAISA), wrote an opinion piece for Daily Maverick titled; The Justice John Hlophe Inquiry Papers: Going nowhere fast. This piece was originally written by Hoffman in 2008 but in light of the ongoing allegations surrounding Judge […]
