{"id":2793,"date":"2024-03-06T12:25:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T12:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomunderlaw.org\/?p=2793"},"modified":"2024-03-12T11:38:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T11:38:28","slug":"timeline-of-judge-hlophes-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomunderlaw.org\/2024\/03\/06\/timeline-of-judge-hlophes-removal\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline of Judge Hlophe&#8217;s Removal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2793\" class=\"elementor elementor-2793\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e2be912 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e2be912\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >NOVEMBER 2004<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oasis Crescent Property Fund sues Judge Desai for alleged defamation. It comes to light that Judge Hlophe had been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politicsweb.co.za\/news-and-analysis\/judge-hlophe-and-oasis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">receiving regular monthly payments from Oasis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the time that he authorised the defamation action. Judge Hlophe initially denies receiving the payments before changing tack and insisting that they were reimbursements for 'travelling expenses'. Either way, the payments fell foul of Judge Hlophe's statutory and ethical duties not to receive such payments without the prior approval of the Minister of Justice. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-567153a \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item2\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >FEBRUARY 2005<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judge Hlophe <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcbsa.co.za\/law-journals\/2005\/april\/2005-april-vol018-no1-pp24-25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">submits a report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on alleged racist practices within the Western Cape legal community, directly to the Minister, and without notice to those named in the report. 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The complaint alleges that Judge Hlophe had attempted to interfere improperly with the resolution of an appeal to that court by Mr President Jacob Zuma and Thint Pty Ltd. Judge Hlophe had allegedly done so by meeting the two justices (at his own request) and discussing various aspects of the case with each of them, during which he sought to influence them in favour of Mr President Zuma. Judge Hlophe files a countercomplaint alleging that his rights to dignity, privacy, equality, procedural fairness and access to courts have been infringed and that the complaint was politically motivated and aimed at removing him from office at all costs.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-d2b8b3c \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item4\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >JULY 2008<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/images\/news\/2021\/Tribunal_Decision_on_Complaint_Against_Hlophe_JP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JSC rules that there is a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prima facie <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">case<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and begins its investigation, referring the matter to oral evidence. Judge Hlophe brings an urgent application in which he seeks to interdict the proceedings before the JSC. The High Court dismissed the application, and Judge Hlophe appeals to the SCA.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-67f690e \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item5\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >AUGUST 2008 - MARCH 2009<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JSC hearings postponed multiple times to allow Judge Hlophe to recuperate from ill health, and to afford his newly appointed counsel time to prepare. On 29 March 2009, the SCA <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZASCA\/2009\/36.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dismisses Judge Hlophe's appeal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-e825334 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item6\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >APRIL 2009<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The JSC refuses Judge Hlophe's request for a further postponement and commences proceedings in his absence. Proceedings are adjourned to allow the parties to make written representations. Judge Hlophe launches proceedings in the High Court to declare the proceedings unlawful. The High Court <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZAGPJHC\/2009\/19.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">orders<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that proceedings begin <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">de novo<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-63be565 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item7\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >JULY 2009<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The JSC reconvenes and conducts interviews behind closed doors. The JSC elects not to subject Judge Hlophe to cross examination. The Mail and Guardian applies to the High Court to set aside the JSC's decision to hold interviews behind closed doors. The Court orders that the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZAGPJHC\/2009\/29.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JSC's hearings must be open<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to representatives of the media.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-c0cb379 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item8\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >AUGUST 2009<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The JSC decides that the complaint does not disclose prima facie evidence of gross judicial misconduct so as to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joasa.org.za\/aricles\/JSCRulingHlophe.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">warrant a full inquiry<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Freedom Under Law applies to the High Court to have the JSC's decision to hold a preliminary enquiry, and the subsequent decision to dismiss the complaints set aside.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, Western Cape Premier Helen Zille challenged the JSC\u2019s decision in the Western Cape High Court on the basis that the JSC was not properly constituted when it arrived at the decision.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-ee6d854 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item9\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >MARCH 2010<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The High Court holds that Freedom Under Law has standing to bring the application, but that it is not entitled to the relief it seeks. FUL appeals the decision to the SCA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, the Western Cape High Court upholds Premier Zille's application and sets the JSC's August 2009 decision aside. The JSC takes the decision on appeal to the SCA.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-9746575 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item10\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >MARCH 2011<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The SCA <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZASCA\/2011\/53.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dismisses<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the JSC's appeal against the Western Cape High Court's decision. In addition, the SCA <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZASCA\/2011\/59.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">upholds<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> FUL's appeal against the Johannesburg High Court's decision, finding that procedure adopted by the JSC in 2009 was inappropriate for a final decision on the matters. Both SCA judgments are scathing of the manner in which the JSC has conducted itself <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.za\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiVn-61hcmEAxVBWkEAHdcQBO4QFnoECBQQAQ&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Flegalbrief.co.za%2Fdiary%2Flegalbrief-today%2Fstory%2Fdouble-setback-for-hlophe-and-jsc-2%2Fpdf%2F&amp;usg=AOvVaw1PL_7T6mveaK2A_vjBNHRu&amp;opi=89978449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">throughout proceedings<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-d279bdf \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item11\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >MAY 2011<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judge Hlophe applies for leave to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/legalbrief.co.za\/story\/hlophe-lodges-challenge-to-both-sca-judgments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">appeal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> against both decisions to the Constitutional Court. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-2b4e925 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item12\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >MARCH 2012<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Constitutional Court <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZACC\/2012\/4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dismisses<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Judge Hlophe\u2019s application for leave to appeal. The Court refers the complaint back to the JSC. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask 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fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-172e894 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item14\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >OCTOBER 2012<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The JCC recommends to the JSC that a Judicial Conduct Tribunal (JCT) be established to investigate the complaint.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div 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class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-9c2e917 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item15\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >SEPTEMBER 2013<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p>The JCT begins hearing the Hlophe matter.<\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-6eec741 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item16\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >OCTOBER 2013<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 1 October 2013, Justices Jafta and Nkabinde <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/images\/news\/2021\/Tribunal_Decision_on_Complaint_Against_Hlophe_JP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">challenge<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the jurisdiction of the JCT to hear the matter, essentially on the grounds that the complaint, lodged in 2008, should have been adjudicated in terms of the Rules existing at that time (rather than in terms of the Rules as they had been amended in the interim). The JCT rejects the Judges\u2019 contentions. Dissatisfied, Justices Nkabinde and Jafta applied to the South Gauteng High Court, for an order setting aside the JSC\u2019s decisions and declaring section 24(1) of the JSC Act to be unconstitutional.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-293f1ab \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item17\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >SEPTEMBER 2014<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The South Gauteng High Court <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZAGPJHC\/2014\/217.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dismisses<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Justices\u2019 application. The Court refuses the Justices leave to appeal its decision. Leave to appeal is, however, granted by the SCA for reasons of finality and the importance of the case for the administration of justice.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-b49d66f \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item18\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >MARCH 2016<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The SCA <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZASCA\/2016\/12.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dismisses<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Justices\u2019 appeal in a scathing manner. Throughout the judgment, the Court emphasizes its dismay with the fact that the matter has remained unresolved since 2008. Notwithstanding the tone of the SCA\u2019s judgment, the Justices apply for leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-f06a9e8 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item19\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >MAY 2016<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Constitutional Court <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZACC\/2012\/4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dismisses<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the application for leave to appeal. Somewhat incomprehensibly, the Justices petition the Court to rescind its judgment.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-0b78e29 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item20\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >AUGUST 2016<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Constitutional Court <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZACC\/2016\/25.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dismisses<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the application for recission. In its judgment, the Court takes the opportunity to emphasize that it is in the interests of justice that the matter of the complaint against Judge President Hlophe be dealt with and concluded without further delay. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-01d7092 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item21\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >JULY 2018<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The JCT is scheduled to reconvene on 2 July 2018. However, the matter is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesslive.co.za\/bd\/national\/2018-11-26-mogoeng-mogoeng--warns-john-hlophes-misconduct-matter-will-take-very-long\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">postponed<\/span><\/a> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sine die<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when one of the members of the panel, Judge Musi, recuses himself after Judge Hlophe applied for his recusal alleging that he had made disparaging remarks about Judge Hlophe at a social gathering in 2017 (an allegation which Judge Musi denies).<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-a8457b0 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item22\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >AUGUST 2018<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng appoints a new member to the panel to replace Judge Musi. However, further delays occasioned by a dispute between Judge Hlophe and the State Attorney in respect of responsibility for settling his legal fees, and the unavailability of Judge Hlophe\u2019s lead counsel, Griffiths QC, mean that the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/article\/2019-07-02-hlophe-tribunal-another-year-of-uncertainty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">matter does not proceed for some time<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-7b10dac \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item23\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >JANUARY 2020<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judge Goliath, Deputy Judge President of the WCHC, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/legalbrief.co.za\/media\/filestore\/2020\/01\/Goliath_DJP_vs_Hlophe_JP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">files a complaint<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> against Judge Hlophe and his wife, Judge Salie-Hlophe. In it, Judge Goliath alleges that Judge Hlophe had assaulted the WCHC\u2019s Judge Parker; that he had used abusive language in his interactions with her; and that he had unlawfully used his power to divert duties away from her as Deputy Judge President. Judge Hlophe, in response, filed a complaint against Judge Goliath alleging disclosure of confidential information relating to active matters; gross incompetence; acts of racism; and leaking her complaint to the media. The matter is referred by the Deputy Chief Justice to a three-person panel of the JCC.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-432a62c \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item24\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >MARCH 2020<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The complaint against Judge Hlophe as well as Judge Hlophe\u2019s complaint against Judge Goliath are referred to an inquiry in terms of section 17(2) of the JSC Act. The Chief Justice, then, in terms of section 17(4)(c) of the JSC Act, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saflii.org\/images\/CJdecision.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recommends<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the JCC consider recommending to the JSC that a JCT be established to investigate Judge Goliath DJP\u2019s complaints against Judge Hlophe. In the same decision, Judge Hlophe\u2019s complaints levelled at Judge Goliath are dismissed.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-eaed506 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item25\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >DECEMBER 2020<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2008 matter is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesslive.co.za\/bd\/national\/2020-12-07-hlophe-tribunal-kicks-off-after-more-than-a-decade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">heard<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the JCT (more than twelve years after the complaint was lodged with the JSC). <\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-fa4c87f \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item26\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >JANUARY 2021<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judge Hlophe appeals to the JCC\u2019s Appeal Committee against the Chief Justice\u2019s findings and recommendations.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-59cf120 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item27\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >APRIL 2021<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The JCT unanimously decides that Judge Hlophe is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/images\/news\/2021\/Tribunal_Decision_on_Complaint_Against_Hlophe_JP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">guilty of gross misconduct<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as envisaged in section 177 of the Constitution.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-41b3f78 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item28\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >AUGUST 2021<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The JSC <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.judgesmatter.co.za\/conduct\/hlophe-tribunal-2008-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announces<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that, by a majority of eight to four, it has endorsed the findings of the JCT and has referred the matter to parliament for the National Assembly to commence <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2021-04-11-judicial-conduct-tribunal-recommends-impeachment-of-john-hlophe-for-gross-misconduct\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">impeachment proceedings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Judge Hlophe institutes proceedings in the High Court to set aside the JSC\u2019s decision. His counsel is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/southafrica\/news\/hlophe-lawyer-slams-jscs-sloppy-handling-of-misconduct-case-20220216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">voca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"_wp_link_placeholder\">l<\/a> about the JSC\u2019s \u201csloppy handling\u201d of the matter throughout the lengthy disciplinary process.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-27e4e03 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item29\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >MAY 2022<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The High Court <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZAGPJHC\/2022\/276.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dismisses<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Judge Hlophe\u2019s application. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesslive.co.za\/bd\/national\/2022-06-22-john-hlophe-wins-right-to-appeal-in-sca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leave to appeal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the SCA is nevertheless granted.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-e3d7719 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item30\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >JULY 2022<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The JSC recommends Judge Hlophe\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/jsc-recommends-western-cape-judge-president-john-hlophe-be-suspended\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">suspension<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-6ce7364 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item31\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >AUGUST 2022<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judge Hlophe applies to the South Gauteng High Court to set aside the JSC\u2019s decision to recommend his suspension. Freedom Under Law is cited as the 11<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Respondent in the application.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-597a82d \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item32\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >AUGUST 2022<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judge Hlophe applies to the South Gauteng High Court to set aside the JSC\u2019s decision to recommend his suspension. Freedom Under Law is cited as the 11<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Respondent in the application.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-dc479bb \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item33\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >SEPTEMBER 2022<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The JCC Appeal Committee <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/southafrica\/news\/hlophe-goliath-could-both-face-gross-misconduct-probe-with-latest-appeal-ruling-20220920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recommends<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> referring both Judge Goliath\u2019s complaint, and Judge Hlophe\u2019s counter-complaint, to a Tribunal for investigation.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-0e4ca65 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item34\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >NOVEMBER 2022<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freedom Under Law releases its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomunderlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FUL11_20012023-pages.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the performance of the JSC between 2009 and 2022. The report highlights the JSC\u2019s abject failure in expeditiously resolving the Hlophe matter (as required of it by the JSC Act).<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-e654bbd \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item35\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >NOVEMBER 2022<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freedom Under Law releases its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomunderlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FUL11_20012023-pages.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the performance of the JSC between 2009 and 2022. The report highlights the JSC\u2019s abject failure in expeditiously resolving the Hlophe matter (as required of it by the JSC Act).<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-0362253 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item36\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >DECEMBER 2022<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Cyril Ramaphosa suspends Judge Hlophe following the recommendation by the JSC in July 2022.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-15ce029 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item37\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >JANUARY 2023<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judge Hlophe\u2019s appeal to the SCA lapses as a result of his failure to timeously file the record. In addition, Judge Hlophe applies to the High Court in an attempt to force the state to foot the bill for any legal fees incurred by him in relation to his suspension, removal and\/or disciplinary action taken against him by the JSC. Once again, Freedom Under Law is cited as a respondent in the application. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-bb5a543 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item38\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >OCTOBER 2023<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parliament\u2019s Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Development <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/opinionista\/2023-11-09-impeachment-of-judges-and-home-affairs-cost-order-are-crucial-rule-of-law-steps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announces<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that Judge Hlophe has until November to place extenuating circumstances before the committee, as it considers his potential impeachment.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-dc3fbf6 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item39\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >NOVEMBER 2023<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parliament\u2019s portfolio committee on justice and correctional services <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/citypress\/news\/parliaments-justice-committee-recommends-impeachment-of-judges-john-hlophe-and-nkola-motata-20231122\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">resolves<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to recommend to the National Assembly that Judge Hlophe be removed from office.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      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class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >DECEMBER 2023<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The JSC <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.judgesmatter.co.za\/opinions\/media-statement-jscs-decisions-on-complaint-by-goliath-ajp-against-hlophe-jp-of-the-western-cape-division-of-the-high-court\/#:~:text=The%20JSC%20decided%20that%20the,for%20investigation%20by%20a%20Tribunal.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">accepts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the JCC\u2019s recommendation to refer Judge Goliath\u2019s complaint against Judge Hlophe to a Tribunal for investigation. The JSC further recommended that Judge Hlophe be suspended pending the finalization of the Tribunal\u2019s investigation. The JSC rejects the JCC\u2019s recommendation to refer Judge Hlophe\u2019s counter-complaint against Judge Goliath to a Tribunal.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-c2a4979 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item41\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >JANUARY 2024<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judge Hlophe files an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/suspended-judge-hlophe-appeals-to-concourt-before-impeachment-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">application for direct access<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the Constitutional Court in which he seeks an order declaring parliament\u2019s process \u2018unconstitutional\u2019 and requiring parliament to hold a fresh inquiry into his conduct. Freedom Under Law seeks <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2024-02-08-freedom-under-law-seeks-to-oppose-hlophes-bid-to-stop-impeachment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">leave to intervene<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the matter. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-0a66d2b \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item42\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >FEBRUARY 2024<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2024-01-25-parliament-still-to-set-a-date-for-hlophes-impeachment-but-concourt-application-could-halt-his-removal\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sustained pressure from Freedom Under Law<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the National Assembly announces that it will vote on Judge Hlophe\u2019s removal from office on 21 February 2024. On the morning of the vote, Judge Hlophe brings an urgent application in the Western Cape High Court to interdict the National Assembly from considering his removal. The application is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politicsweb.co.za\/politics\/hlophe-application-to-interdict-na-struck-off-the-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">struck<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the roll. Later that afternoon, the National Assembly votes in favour of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomunderlaw.org\/2024\/02\/22\/freedom-under-law-welcomes-na-vote-to-remove-judges-hlophe-and-motata-from-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">removing Judge Hlophe from office<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ue_timeline_item elementor-repeater-item-a40dec0 \" id=\"uc_unlimited_timeline_elementor_672e787_item43\">\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content\">\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_main\">\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_content_inside\">\n                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_title\" >6 MARCH 2024<\/div>                <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_text\"><p>President Ramaphosa removes Judge Hlophe from office formally.<\/p><\/div>\t\n      \t          \n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n      \n            <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer\">\n        <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_inside\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_pointer_spacer\"><\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon\">\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_offset_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon-offset ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_holder\">\n                <i class='fas fa-circle'><\/i>                      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line\">\n      \t<div class=\"ue_timeline_item_icon_line_mask ue_timeline_item_line_icon_holder\">\n          <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_line_floating_icon ue_timeline_floating_icon\"><i class='fas fa-rocket'><\/i><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ue_timeline_item_spacer\">\n        \t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- end Unlimited Timeline -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOWNLOAD THE PDF VERSION NOVEMBER 2004 Oasis Crescent Property Fund sues Judge Desai for alleged defamation. 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Judge Hlophe initially denies receiving the payments before changing tack and insisting that they were &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomunderlaw.org\/2024\/03\/06\/timeline-of-judge-hlophes-removal\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Timeline of Judge Hlophe&#8217;s Removal<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,160],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Timeline of Judge Hlophe&#039;s Removal - Freedom Under Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomunderlaw.org\/2024\/03\/06\/timeline-of-judge-hlophes-removal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Timeline of Judge Hlophe&#039;s Removal - Freedom Under Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DOWNLOAD THE PDF VERSION NOVEMBER 2004 Oasis Crescent Property Fund sues Judge Desai for alleged defamation. 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