LETTER: Inactivity in Hlophe case lets evil flourish
Damning information is already available about the judge president
As the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) had no intention of ever dealing with judge president John Hlophe’s alleged 2008 attempts to “throw” a Constitutional Court case, I fully expect its members to weave a tortured path around the latest accusations (“Hlophe saga is casting a shadow over the judiciary, says justice Cameron”, February 20). It’s just another case of inactivity allowing evil to flourish. In this case the real evil consists of lacerating confidence in the Western Cape judicial system.
My grandfather was chief justice of Northern Ireland for 20 years, a not dissimilar jurisdiction to the Western Cape. Understanding the tensions that simmered beneath the surface, not even his efforts to enforce the rule of law were enough to prevent the north from sliding into a low-grade civil war...
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