News24 | MK Party's urgent bid to block JSC interviewing judges – until legal battles over Hlophe are done

MK Party files urgent bid to block JSC interviews amid Hlope’s ongoing legal battles

MK party seeks to interdict next week’s JSC interviews

This follows the JSC’s refusal of the party’s request to postpone the interviews until the courts have ruled on John Hlophe’s contested membership of the JSC

News24 | MK Party's urgent bid to block JSC interviewing judges – until legal battles over Hlophe are done

The MK Party is seeking to urgently block the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) from interviewing prospective judges until the legal battles over impeached Judge President John Hlophe's suitability to serve on the body are finalised.

MK Party wants to interdict JSC sitting over Hlophe's exclusion

The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has launched an urgent court bid to interdict the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) sitting on Monday, 7 October after its member of Parliament John Hlophe was temporarily barred from partaking in its activities. The Democratic Alliance (DA) challenged Hlophe’s appointment to serve on the JSC and last Friday, the Western Cape High Court barred its former president Hlophe from partaking in JSC activities including …

MK party goes to court to stop JSC hearings

By Zukile MajovaPolitical Editor The MK party has applied to the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg to stop the Judicial Service Commission’s hearings. This is the latest development in the party’s attempt to get its deputy president, John Hlophe, to be allowed to be part of parliament’s delegation that will interview future judges. The JSC hearings are scheduled for 7 October and will feature 54 candidates being interviewed to fill over t…

MK Party, Hlophe haul JSC to court in bid to stop sitting

The MK Party and its parliamentary leader John Hlophe have filed an urgent court application to interdict the Judicial Service Commission's