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The Judicial Conduct Tribunal on Monday began hearing two misconduct complaints against Western Cape high court judge Mushtak Parker. (Judges Matter)

Judicial Conduct Tribunal hears Parker was initially adamant Hlophe assaulted him

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

  • Emsie Ferreira
5 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
Hlophe said the government President Cyril Ramaphosa formed after leading the ANC to the loss of its majority in the May elections was “nothing more than a desperate attempt to hold onto power”. File photo

MPs vote to remove judge president Hlophe from the bench

There was 15 years of legal to and fro before the first judge in post-apartheid South Africa was impeached

  • Emsie Ferreira
3 min read