JUDGES MATTER MAKES SUBMISSION ON JUDICIAL MATTERS AMENDMENT BILL CURRENTLY BEFORE PARLIAMENT Judges Matter has made written submissions on the Judicial Matters Amendment Bill 8 of 2025, currently before the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development in the National Assembly in Parliament. The JMAB is called an ‘omnibus bill’ in that it seeks to […]
Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge, accused of sexual harassment, will face a Judicial Conduct Tribunal but remains unsuspended, breaking precedent and raising concerns about the JSC’s handling of such cases. This situation underscores the urgent need for an Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy in the judiciary to address power imbalances and protect victims.
Judges Matter statement on sexual harassment investigation Into Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge
Chief Justice Raymond Zondo’s remarks that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s election as ANC leader spared the country from “further damage” have prompted a judicial misconduct complaint against him. Although the complaint itself lacks merit, it’s a timely reminder about the risk to judicial independence caused by judges participating in commissions of inquiry.
The JSC was scheduled to continue its deliberations on Judge President J M Hlophe on Friday. This meeting has been postponed to 25 August 2021.
Official statement from Judges Matter regarding Judge President John Hlophe’s apparent defiance of the JSC, the President, and the Office of the Chief Justice: Judges Matter notes with concern the reports that Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe has allowed a suspended judge to serve in the division and allocated new cases to him. “The […]
The role of judicial leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic will be critical. We don’t have a single judiciary, or at least not yet – and the different parts of the South African justice system are responding differently. Lead taken by Gauteng High Court The lead was taken on Monday (16 March 2020) by Dunstan Mlambo; […]
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 […]
The lack of speed and transparency in judicial conduct enquiries or JSC complaints in general is now the subject of comment by the profession and public alike in relation to the latest enquiry into Judge Hlophe. 2020 Hlophe complaint – serious allegations The serious allegations made against the Judge President (JP) of the Western Cape […]
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 […]
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