Hlophe maintains that the Judicial Service Commission Tribunal process that found him guilty of gross misconduct for attempting to sway 2 Constitutional Court justices to rule in favour of then ANC President Jacob Zuma in 2008 was “unconstitutional and invalid”. He wants those Tribunal findings overturned – but, in the interim, wants Parliament to be stopped from acting on them.
Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe has gone to court to urgently stop President Cyril Ramaphosa from suspending him – and to block the National Assembly from going ahead with the impeachment process against him.
