Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. Darren Stewart, Gallo Images Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng did not commission any investigation into an alleged plot to assassinate Western Cape deputy judge president Patricia Goliath, says the OCJ. The OCJ has also denied that the JSC sent investigators to probe the plot. Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe has called for a…
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. Retired Constitutional Court Judge Edwin Cameron says Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng will always express his views. Cameron was speaking during a webinar hosted by the University of Johannesburg. This follows criticism of the Chief Justice by several organisations for comments he made on Israel in June. Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng is a strong-minded person…
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. The JSC says the complaint against Mogoeng will be referred to the Judicial Conduct Committee.The complaint was filed with the JSC on Saturday by a group known as Africa4Palestine.The complainants are questioning the senior judge's impartiality after he said, as a Christian, he had an obligation to love and pray for…
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, even as the top jurist in our country, has a right to his opinion - but, as the American politician and academic Daniel Moynihan once said, he simply does not have the right to his own facts, writes Dr Wesley Seale. In a recent webinar shared with Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein for…
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng (Jabu Kumalo) The furore over Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng's unwavering public support of Israel raises far deeper questions beyond one of the longest border disputes in modern history. After pronouncing his support for Israel as a Christian, and subsequently apologising for what he refers to as his country’s hatred of Israel,…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…