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This is why Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has taken long leave Share Johannesburg – The office of outgoing Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng on Thursday explained his decision to take long leave five months before his term at the helm of the country’s judiciary ends. Mogoeng’s office announced on Friday he was taking long leave from May 1 after informing President Cyril Ramaphosa and Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola. According to Nathi Mncube, the spokesperson for the ...

Mogoeng long leave ‘normal practice’, says his office Updated Jacaranda FM News Share this: GovernmentZA/Flickr   Mogoengs spokesperson Nathi Mncube said in a statement that judges are allowed leave of three and half months for every period of four years of service.    "This leave is referred to as long leave within the judiciary.  The chief justice’s four-year cycle to take his long leave commenced on 1st July 2018 but he was unable to take it due to his judicial and extrajudici...

The Judiciary has made it clear that there is no funny business associated with Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s decision to take an extended period of leave, with a statement released on Thursday 6 May aiming to dispel rumours that he is set to leave his position.  Judiciary clears the air   Spokesperson for the Judiciary, Nathi Mncube, said in the statement that the nature of Mogoeng’s leave period, which came into effect on May 1, is in line with the regulations permissible in terms of ...

‘Judiciary is white, male dominated’ says John Hlophe By Vernon Mchunu Share DURBAN - EMBATTLED Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe has accused the judiciary of being soaked in politics, battling to deal with transformation, and allowing apartheid-era judges to dominate the narrative. In a scathing criticism of the judiciary, Judge Hlophe described the country’s law as a “white man’s law” imposed by colonialists and an infusion of English heritage and the Roma...

Zuma, supporters, foundation, legal team mum after legal setbacks, deadline for Concourt Share Durban - There was deafening silence from former president Jacob Zuma, his foundation, his supporters and legal team after he suffered another legal setback at the Supreme Court of Appeal. On Tuesday, the court upheld a North Gauteng High Court ruling that stripped him of state funding for his upcoming corruption trial that emanates from the arms deal of the late 1990s. All this happened while today Z...

The ANC’s deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte feels Jacob Zuma has a point against the Zondo commission, according to a leaked audiotape. Picture: Bongani Mbatha/ African News Agency (ANA) Archives Leaked audio: Some ANC top six members appear to concur with Zuma that Zondo commission and judiciary are biased Share Durban: The latest leak of the audio recording of the March 8 virtual meeting between the ANC’s top six, led by party president Cyril Ramaphosa and former president Jaco...

Professor Sipho Seepe said the judge should not take the matter ’lying down’ because of history of the case

Mogoeng’s legacy ‘hangs in balance’ By Thami Magubane Share Durban - Legal experts have said Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng should show contrition and apologise for remarks he made about Israel. The comments come after the Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC) ordered him to unconditionally apologise and retract his pro-Israel views made in June last year. Chief Justice Mogoeng is the first chief justice in the country’s democratic history to be sanctioned for inappropriate conduc...

Rape survivors recount their quest for justice Share Cape Town - Rape in South Africa – this is the tragic tale of two women – one who saw justice dispensed relatively swiftly with her attacker now behind bars, while the other has spent the past decade painstakingly seeking justice through the courts against the inefficiency of the South African Police Services which is nowhere near to finalising her case. Prison warder and marathon runner Ntombisintu Mfunzi was raped and almost bludgeoned ...

Outgoing Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng defiantly told retired Gauteng Deputy Judge President Phineas Mojapelo that the Palestine-Israel dispute was peripheral and not inherently South African in his response to complaints against him.