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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

Eastern Cape judge president, Selby Mbenenge. (Judges Matter)

Gender expert biased towards judge president Mbenenge, lawyer  says

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

Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge. (Nelius Rademan/ Foto24/Gallo Images)

Expert says power imbalances shaped Mengo’s response to alleged sexual harassment by judge

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

Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge. (Nelius Rademan/ Foto24/Gallo Images)

Editorial: Mbenenge must resign regardless of the tribunal’s finding

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

Prey: The Eastern Cape judge president, Selby Mbenenge, sent Andiswa Mengo crude photographs and suggestive texts, but she has been accused of not firmly rejecting him. Photo: Judges Matter

Power at play in Judge Mbenenge sexual harassment hearing

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

Eastern Cape judge president, Selby Mbenenge. (Judges Matter)

Judge Mbenenge’s counsel suggests complainant was a willing participant in texts of sexual nature

Advocate Muzi Sikhakhane submitted that Andiswa Mengo’s responses to sexual advances did not communicate the ‘disgust’ she said she felt

Davis praised Gordhan as someone who stood in the way of state capture when most people kept quiet about it. (Photo: Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Judge Dennis Davis slams politicians implicated in corruption for attacking Pravin Gordhan

The EFF has said that the legacy of Gordhan was that of failure, exploitation and corruption