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The MK party’s leader in parliament, John Hlophe, has been interdicted from attending the upcoming Judicial Service Commission (JSC) interviews, the Western Cape High Court ordered on Friday.
Hlophe, formerly judge president of the Western Cape division, was the first judge to be impeached in democratic SA’s history. After his impeachment he joined the MK party as an MP.
He was then designated by the National Assembly as one of its six members to sit on the body that interviews and recommends candidates for appointment as judges. The move was challenged in three separate applications to the high court by the DA and NGOs Corruption Watch and Freedom Under Law. NGO AfriForum launched its own, separate application directly to the Constitutional Court.
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