The young lawyer was shot dead in broad daylight outside the offices of the Council for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) in the Johannesburg CBD

Labour lawyer Chinette Gallichan was fatally shot outside the CCMA offices in Johannesburg CBD. Civil society groups say the attack represents a threat to South Africa’s rule of law, highlighting rising risks faced by legal professionals in the justice system

A dispute over gender expert Lisa Vetten’s testimony in judicial misconduct has forced the tribunal to postpone, allowing the respondent time to study the evidence summary report

The unrepentant conduct of the impeached-judge-turned-politician makes him unsuitable for a body that chooses and disciplines judges

From parliament’s rejection of the Phala Phala report to the president’s signing of the NHI Act, the courts are again due to pronounce on consequential political acts

The former public protector has asked the court for leave to challenge the dismissal of a moot appeal and to rebuke judges for criticism of Dali Mpofu

The commission has kept up a brisk pace in marathon interviews where there has been less politics and more judicial philosophy

It was granted pending the hearing of three applications for review of the decision by MPs to appoint the former judge to the same commission that urged his impeachment

The chamber did not fulfil its legal obligation to make a rational decision because it conceded making no choice at all, Freedom Under Law argues

Thembi Simelane has come under scrutiny for taking a loan from a company embroiled in the scandal that triggered the bank’s collapse

The impeached judge and uMkhonto weSizwe party MP said he would turn to the high court to challenge his removal from the bench

The former judge said he plans to use his position at the Judicial Service Commission to pursue the transformation of the judiciary

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The NGO argues that disgraced judge cannot serve on a constitutional body he has constantly attacked

The party argues that the ANC was wrong about the law when it saw no legal impediment to his appointment

The president’s decision to remove him from the bench was flawed, Motata said, because the National Assembly was misled when it took a vote that triggered this step

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

The interviews were brought forward after Freedom Under Law warned that the commission was breaching a high court order by scheduling these for June

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