JSC yet to decide on ‘urgent’ Hlophe tribunal

A JSC spokesperson says the commission might know when it meets next week whether Hlophe should be investigated for impeachment

06 October 2022 - 20:39

It was “an inherently urgent matter” for the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to consider whether Western Cape judge president John Hlophe and his deputy Patricia Goliath should face a tribunal for potentially impeachable conduct; and whether they should be suspended in the meantime, said the JSC on Wednesday...

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