The Constitutional Court has found that President Cyril Ramaphosa was correct to suspend Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. The Western Cape Division of the High Court had ruled the suspension illegal in September 2022, but the ConCourt has now unanimously overturned that ruling.
Both the Public Protector, through her impeachment inquiry, and Jacob Zuma, in the manner in which he has sought to postpone his criminal trial indefinitely, have tested the legitimacy of the legal system and, sadly, it has been found wanting.
The faiths and high hopes that a young Mandlakayise John Hlophe carried from KwaDukuza via Cambridge and finally as Judge President of the Western Cape, appear to underpin the lack of appetite for more than a decade to hold him accountable.
The Judicial Service Commission announced on Monday that it would recommend to President Cyril Ramaphosa that Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe be suspended.
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