Late judgments

Judge hospitalised after tribunal hearing against him

Judicial Service Commission tribunal is hearing allegations of misconduct and incompetence against high court judge Tshifhiwa Maumela

By

Brief | 19 March 2024

Judge’s conduct embarrassed me, Judge President tells tribunal

Maumela faces gross misconduct and incompetence charges because of late judgments

By

Law | 18 March 2024

Judge “grossly misconducted herself” says Mlambo

Judge Mngqibisa-Thusi delivered over 20 judgments late

By

Law | 30 January 2024

Disciplinary tribunal for tardy judge goes behind closed doors

Judiciary watchdog “surprised” by blanket ban

By

Law | 29 January 2024

Medical experts to assess health of judge facing tribunal

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

By

Law | 1 December 2023

Judge faces possible impeachment for tardy judgments

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

By

Law | 1 December 2023

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

By

Law | 29 November 2023

Constitutional Court is delivering judgments late

And its website is out-of-date and poorly maintained

By

Law | 7 November 2023

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

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

By

News | 4 September 2023

We are woefully short of judges

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

By

Analysis | 7 August 2023

Today we launch a system to track late judgments

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

By

Law | 17 July 2023

Late judgments: what is delaying justice?

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

By

Law | 14 July 2023

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

By

Law | 7 June 2023

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

The Chief Justice must act with urgency

By

GroundView | 25 May 2023

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

By

News | 24 May 2023

Judicial Conduct Committee split over action against two judges

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

By

Law | 30 April 2023