Felix Dlangamandla, Netwerk24
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.
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Judges, the quartet argued, should not be placed “in fear, through manufactured complaint or blatant criticism”.
In democratic societies, the team added, “judges must not be liable to disciplinary sanctions, or premature retirement because their decisions, discussions or expression of views do not find favour with the powers that be, or with any powerful vested interest, or with prevailing public opinion”.
Judge Hlophe’s team equated the Judicial Conduct Tribunal akin to a “criminal prosecution” and accused Justices Chris Jafta and Bess Nkabinde of altering statements after 12 years, not out of their own volition but under duress.
“JP is entitled to make a submission of no case to answer [in local lingua, a discharge], on the basis there is no evidence that the JP committed the offence referred to in the charge sheet,” his team argued.