Western Cape Judiciary Crisis: Chief Justice Mogoeng recommends Hlophe face misconduct tribunal, dismisses claims against Goliath

In a strong motivation handed down on 3 July 2020 for Hlophe to face a misconduct Tribunal, Mogoeng said he had personally intervened in the matter as a failure to do so “would have meant the matter be left unresolved for along time or forever”.

The complaint of assault “is unprecedentedly serious within judicial circles and must be looked at thoroughly.” “To have it established that someone who occupies the exalted office of the Judge President said to a woman DJP that she is ‘rubbish’ and ‘a piece of shit’, in an era when women abuse even at the workplace is reportedly on the rise, is likely to result in a finding that the JP is guilty of gross misconduct unless lip service is being paid to fight against women abuse,” said the CJ

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