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In an important victory for accountability and the integrity of the judiciary-The South Gauteng High Court has ruled that judges must be held accountable for their conduct while in active service, even after their retirement.
Judgment has been reserved in a legal battle between a pair of retired judges and two NGOs. Open Secrets and Shadow World Investigations are seeking a ruling that holds former judges accountable for misconduct during their time in office. Open Secrets Director Hennie van Vuuren spoke to eNCA
Open Secrets went to court yesterday to oppose the application of Judge Willie Seriti and Judge Hendrick Musi that seeks to give immunity to retired judges from accountability
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.
LHR and Open Secrets in Court Today defending the right to access apartheid records
Open Secrets Director, Hennie van Vuuren, weighs in on the Zuma vs. Downer and Maughan case.
Sello Maema is the prosecutor inside the NPA who led three of the authority’s most questionable cases at that time. Allegations of Maema’s misconduct were documented in Open Secrets’ latest investigative report: Bad Cops, Bad Lawyers.
28 August| This is the repository of documents cited in the 35th profile of the Unaccountable series which focusses on Johan van der Merwe
eNCA Interview with Open Secrets’ Michael Marchant on the Yemen conflict