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The JSC in 2021 affirmed a finding by the Judicial Conduct Tribunal that Hlophe had committed gross misconduct by raising a pending ruling relating to former president and now MK party leader Jacob Zuma’s arms deal corruption case with two constitutional court justices. File photo

Parliament postpones Judicial Services Commission vote after John Hlophe is nominated

ANC chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli said more consultation was needed before the legislature elected representatives to the commission

  • Emsie Ferreira
5 min read
Former president Jacob Zuma at the uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) party rally at Orlando Stadium in Soweto. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

MK party’s boycott threat is legal nonsense

Parliament can proceed to elect the president without the party’s 58 MPs present

  • Emsie Ferreira
5 min read
Chief Justice Raymond Zondo

Zondo moots constitutional amendment

The chief justice suggested changing the requirement that members of the apex court decide new applications

  • Emsie Ferreira
5 min read
David Unterhalter SC during the Judicial Service Commission interviews. (Oupa Nkosi)

Freedom Under Law accuses JSC of flouting court order on supreme court of appeal vacancies

The failure by the Judicial Service Commission, an organisation chaired by the chief justice, risked undermining respect for the rule of law, the group said

  • Des Erasmus
6 min read