Open Secrets and Shadow World Investigations will be heard by a full bench of the South Gauteng High Court arguing that retired judges should be held to account for misconduct they committed while in active service
Two retired judges, who presided over the Arms Deal Inquiry, have challenged the constitutionality of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) Act, arguing that, under the Act, “retired judges” should not be included in the definition of judge.
Open Secrets Director, Hennie van Vuuren, weighs in on the Zuma vs. Downer and Maughan case.
ENCA | 20 July 2021 Open Secrets director Hennie Van Vuuren spoke with eTV’s Annika Larsen.
Sunday Times | Franny Rabkiin | 4 July 2021 Retired judges Willie Seriti and Hendrick Musi have challenged the constitutionality of the Judicial Service Commission Act, saying it is unconstitutional in that it allows judicial misconduct complaints against retired judges. “We are aggrieved that we have to be put through a complaint process when we…
News 24 | Jeanette Chabalala | 2 July 2021 Two retired judges, who presided over the Arms Deal Inquiry, have approached the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to challenge the constitutionality of the Judicial Service Commission Act. Judges Willie Seriti and Hendrick Musi face an investigation for “incapacity, gross incompetence or gross misconduct”. Seriti was…
Newzroom Afrika | 26 May 2021 Newzroom Afrika’s Thabo Mdluli is joined by legal journalist at News24 Karyn Maughan, and Arms Deal whistleblower and Open Secrets Director, Hennie van Vuuren to help unpack the Zuma and Thales case.
IOL | Loyiso Sidimba | 15 May 2021 JOHANNESBURG – WHISTLEBLOWERS and campaigners against the multibillion-rand arms deal have not given up on justice for taxpayers after the Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC) confirmed it was investigating complaints against two judges who probed the transaction. Whistleblower Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille wants the…
Marianne Tham | Daily Maverick | 12 May 2021 In the aftermath of a North Gauteng High Court finding, judges Willie Seriti and Hendrick Musi will now have to explain why the Arms Procurement Commission overlooked crucial information prior to making findings in 2016 that the arms deal was clean as a whistle. On 7…
Newsroom Afrika | 12 May 2021 In 2011, Judge Willie Seriti, a Supreme Court of Appeal judge, and Judge Hendrick Musi, former Judge President of the Free State High Court, were appointed to chair the Arms Procurement Commission, known as the Seriti Commission. The commission probed allegations of fraud, corruption, impropriety or irregularity in the…