Western Cape judge president John Hlophe participated in Judicial Service Commission interviews for the Western Cape High Court on Monday - despite being recommended for suspension.
Western Cape judge president John Hlophe participated in Judicial Service Commission interviews for the Western Cape High Court on Monday — despite being recommended for suspension and being referred to parliament for possible impeachment for gross misconduct by the same body.
In the past, Hlophe has designated his deputy to sit on his behalf when his disciplinary matter was pending before it. However, on Monday, after a brief meeting behind closed doors, the interviews proceeded with Hlophe participating. When he asked her about concerns that, while she had a lot of experience in criminal law, she did not have in other areas of law, Nziweni responded she was not sure what more she could do to equip herself. She said she had done commercial matters in the magistrate's court and high court. “What should I do more to prove myself?”
Commissioner Tembeka Ngcukaitobi SC followed up giving the correct answer. He said he had read some of Nziweni’s judgments and they were competently written. But she lacked skills in pure constitutional and administrative law, he said. He asked her what she planned to do to address that gap.
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