Late judgments

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Medical experts to assess health of judge facing tribunal

Judge Nomonde Mngqibisa-Thusi is facing possible impeachment for failing to hand down judgments timeously

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Law | 1 December 2023

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Judge faces possible impeachment for tardy judgments

Judge Nomonde Mngqibisa-Thusi did not deliver about 21 judgments timeously

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Law | 1 December 2023

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Constitutional Court accused of taking too long to rule on crucial election case

“I fear a further delay may begin to jeopardise the election process itself” says independent candidate Zackie Achmat

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Law | 29 November 2023

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Constitutional Court is delivering judgments late

And its website is out-of-date and poorly maintained

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Law | 7 November 2023

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Retired KZN judge reported to the Judicial Conduct Committee for late judgments

Judge Anton van Zyl retired in 2021 despite having eight outstanding judgments

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News | 4 September 2023

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We are woefully short of judges

The government needs to act quickly and provide more money to recruit more judges

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Analysis | 7 August 2023

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Today we launch a system to track late judgments

We can work together to make sure justice is neither delayed nor denied

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Law | 17 July 2023

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Late judgments: what is delaying justice?

A shortage of judges and insufficient research and secretarial support are among concerns raised about the judiciary

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Law | 14 July 2023

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Over 180 judgments outstanding for longer than six months

Reserved judgment list is almost six months old and records the highest number of late judgments since we’ve begun reporting the situation

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Law | 7 June 2023

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Late judgments are undermining confidence in judges. Here’s how to fix this

The Chief Justice must act with urgency

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GroundView | 25 May 2023

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One year later and still no judgment in urgent case about access to medicine

Judge Colleen Collis reserved judgment in April 2022 in a matter between Bayer and Clicks

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News | 24 May 2023

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Judicial Conduct Committee split over action against two judges

The judges were late delivering numerous judgments and now face disciplinary hearings

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Law | 30 April 2023

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Crackdown on judges for late judgments

JSC asks president to suspend Judges Tshifhiwa Maumela and Nomonde Mngqibisa-Thusi

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News | 28 April 2023

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Chief Justice’s office stonewalls requests for reports on late judgments

The last available report is for 31 December 2021

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News | 26 April 2023

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This judge has not delivered his judgment after ten years. No action has been taken against him

Office of the Chief Justice says the matter was referred to the Judicial Conduct Committee. But the Judicial Service Commission says it has not received any complaints.

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News | 17 November 2022

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Gauteng judge reported to Judicial Service Commission

Judge Mngqibisa-Thusi has not yet delivered a judgment she reserved in February 2021

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Brief | 6 October 2022