JSC to hear oral evidence

2008-07-05 19:42

Johannesburg - The Judicial Service Commission will hear oral evidence from the Constitutional Court and Cape Judge John Hlophe on a date yet to be announced, it said on Saturday.

Spokesperson Marumo Moerane said the JSC had decided to hear the evidence due to "conflicts of fact on the papers placed before it".

Moerane said both parties made presentations regarding the future conduct of the matter.

He said Hlophe's lawyers made an application to the JSC for certain members of the commission not to sit to hear the complaint.

He said notice of the date and venue of the oral hearing would be made known once arrangements had been finalised.

Judge Hlophe is accused of approaching some of the Constitutional Court's judges improperly as they were deliberating over cases involving ANC president Jacob Zuma.

Hlophe has laid a counter complaint claiming the court abused his right by making their complaint against him public.

- SAPA