Court gives Hlophe's impeachment vote the go-ahead

udge Sulet Potterill found Hlophe's urgency was self-created. The National Assembly will vote on the removal of suspended Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe after the court he once led ruled that the urgency of his application to interdict the vote was self-created.

But, pointing out that self-created urgency is the urgency which stems from deliberately actioning upon the hour of reckoning, Potterill said: "This would have been logical and sound in law since it is averred or submitted on behalf of JP Hlophe that the Constitutional Court has exclusive jurisdiction on the issues raised in the application to the Constitutional Court," said Potterill.

In May 2022, Gauteng High Court judges Aubrey Ledwaba, Roland Sutherland and Margaret Victor shot holes in Hlophe's arguments on why the misconduct allegations against him should either be referred to the JSC"to deal with the issues as required by law" or decided through a new parliamentary inquiry.

Hlophe is not the only judge facing removal, and it took a similarly long time for Motata's impeachment to reach this point.

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