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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 judiciary, regulations promulgated in terms of the Judges’ Remuneration and Conditions of Employme...

Mogoeng long leave ‘normal practice’, says his office Updated Jacaranda FM News Share this: GovernmentZA/Flickr   Mogoeng's 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 extrajudicial commitments," he said.   The long leave comes as Mogoeng's term as chief justice is coming...

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 the Employment Act.  “Regulation 3 of the Judges’ Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Act...

‘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 Roman-Dutch law, which rendered it incapable of delivering justice for the common man. Judge Hlophe made...

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 Zuma is facing a deadline to tell the Constitutional Court what sentence he feels should be meted out...