Judge President John Hlophe of Western Cape is found guilty of gross misconduct and faces potential removal from office for attempting to influence Constitutional Court justices. He is also facing a second investigation for allegations of abusive language and assault.
Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe faces potential removal from office after a Judicial Conduct Tribunal found him guilty of impeachable gross misconduct for trying to sway two Constitutional Court justices to rule in favour of then-ANC president Jacob Zuma.
A 'small' Judicial Service Commission (JSC) – which excludes politicians – has now decided that Hlophe should face a second gross misconduct investigation over Western Cape Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath's accusations that he used abusive language and assaulted a fellow judge. The small JSC has also reversed a previous Judicial Conduct Committee decision that Goliath should herself face a gross misconduct investigation over Hlophe's accusations that she was racist and had improperly recorded an exchange where he was allegedly heard swearing at her
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