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Eastern Cape judge president Selby Mbenenge. (Office of the Chief Justice/ S Lioners)

In closing arguments, lawyer for judge Selby Mbenenge’s accuser says evidence clearly showed sexual harassment

Advocate Nasreen Rajab-Budlender said the case will probably determine whether other women with legitimate claims will come forward, but the tribunal chair disagreed

  • Eyaaz
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Gauteng High Court judge Letty Molopa-Sethosa delivered a judgment that had been outstanding since August 2022. The case, however, never appeared on any of the judiciary’s reserved judgments reports. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Judge hands down ruling three years late

For most of that time there was no record in the official report that tracks late judgments

  • Eyaaz
3 min read
Motata argues in his founding affidavit that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to remove him from the bench should be set aside because he rubber-stamped a flawed decision by the National Assembly. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Former judge Nkola Motata asks Concourt to overturn his impeachment

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

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read