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All new criminal cases in the Western Cape High Court for this term have been put on hold.
This follows an instruction issued by Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
Hlophe said new criminal cases have been cancelled for the term due to heavy backlog in cases.
All new criminal cases to be heard in the Western Cape High Court for this term have been postponed.
This follows an instruction issued by Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
Hlophe confirmed to News24 on Tuesday that all new criminal cases have been postponed for the term.
The current term of 10 weeks is scheduled to run from Monday to 20 June 2021, with recess scheduled to begin on 21 June 2021.
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) says there s nothing special about the gross misconduct finding against Western Cape Judge President
John Hlophe and it feels no pressure to finalise the nearly 13-year-old complaint.
Over the weekend, a JSC Judicial Conduct Tribunal, led by retired Judge
Joop Labuschagne, found that Hlophe was guilty of impeachable conduct for trying to sway two Constitutional Court justices to rule in favour of then African National Congress (ANC) president
Jacob Zuma in 2008. At the time, Zuma was seeking to challenge the legality of search warrants used by the then Scorpions unit to seize 93 000 pages of evidence in his recently revived corruption prosecution.
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A majority vote in the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) in favour of the findings made against Western Cape judge president John Hlophe may lead to his impeachment.