Having survived a decade of judicial inaction, Hlophe lingers on as Ramaphosa ‘applies’ his noggin
14 August 2022 - 00:00
Last month the Judicial Service Commission sent a recommendation to President Cyril Ramaphosa that Western Cape judge president John Hlophe be suspended. A slam dunk, you’d think. Not as far as this president is concerned. He is — as Mac Maharaj would have put it — still applying his mind. Urgency doesn’t seem to apply or matter to him...
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