While the NPA argued the Nkabinde enquiry had become adversarial the panel chairperson Bess Nkabinde said the Prosecuting Authority cannot play referee in its own case

Evidence leaders compelled to ask for a postponement

The policy prohibits consensual sexual intimacy in court buildings and discourages romantic relationships between members of the judiciary

Evidence in a recent sexual harassment case raises questions on how to devolve justice when convention and tradition are pitted against youth expectations

The evidence leader in the sexual harassment tribunal suggests Mbenenge’s accuser seemed to be distancing herself via the tone of her responses to his texts

The defence focused on challenging the sexual harassment allegations, arguing Selby Mbenenge’s interactions with former court secretary Andiswa Mengo were consensual

Zintle Nkqayi worked as Mbenenge’s secretary from 2020 until she resigned in April 2025, citing bad treatment by colleagues who supported his sexual harassment accuser, Andiswa Mengo

Mbenenge’s counsel Muzi Sikhakhane said his sexual harassment accuser Andiswa Mengo did not fit gender expert Lisa Vetten’s description of a woman who could not stand up for herself

Gender-based violence specialist Lisa Vetten tells a tribunal the complainant used ‘different strategies to communicate reluctance and unwillingness’

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 director of facilities and security management at the office of the chief justice said he could not explain why the footage was not preserved

The judicial conduct tribunal’s outcome could reshape women’s rights, workplace safety and equality in South Africa’s male-dominated judiciary

The Western Cape high court judge faces two complaints of impeachable misconduct

An independent, rigorous process for investigating complaints of abuse of power of a sexual nature must be set up to provide guidance for tribunal investigations

She told the tribunal she stood by her statement that the Eastern Cape chief justice exposed himself to her in his chambers

The judge president has damaged his reputation and by extension that of the wider judiciary

Andiswa Mengo has been accused of being a liar who indulged the judge president’s advances

Andiswa Mengo told a tribunal two people intimated to her she was not the first woman to be hounded by the Eastern Cape judge president

The secretary who has accused Eastern Cape judge president Mbenenge of sexual harassment told a judicial conduct tribunal the message left her feeling ‘naked’

The Eastern Cape judge president routinely sent sexual texts until she tried to placate him in the hope he would leave her in peace, Andiswa Mengo told a judicial conduct tribunal