PAUL HOFFMAN: John Hlophe guilty of poor jurisprudence
The Judicial Service Commission needs to do its duty and ensure judge Hlophe is suspended
02 March 2021 - 11:55
Much has been written about the optics of a judge who should be on precautionary suspension (but isn’t because he ended his suspension unilaterally and illegally years ago) electing to sit in a politically charged criminal trial. One in which the accused is a henchman of the person that judge stands accused of trying to help, in a manner that constitutes an attempt by him to defeat the ends of justice.
All at a time when a ruling on his attempt to persuade the Constitutional Court to be helpful to Jacob Zuma back in 2008 is still pending...
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