Parliament set to vote on whether judges Hlophe & Motata should be impeached
The vote is the final step in what has been a protracted process spanning more than a decade in both their cases.
Parliament. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/X
JOHANNESBURG - Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe and Gauteng High Court Judge Nkola Motata’s day of reckoning has finally arrived.
This as Parliament is set to vote on whether or not they should be impeached, later on Wednesday.
The vote is the final step in what has been a protracted process spanning more than a decade in both their cases.
The events at the heart of Hlophe’s case date back to 2008, and Motata’s, to 2007.
Both cases were hamstrung for years.
But we’re now in the home stretch with Wednesday’s parliamentary vote now the only thing standing in the way of the judges and impeachment, as Judges Matter’s Mbekezeli Benjamin explains.
"The vote needs a two-thirds majority for it to pass. That means 267 of the 400 members of Parliament must vote for the removal of the two judges. Once Parliament votes on the two judges and removes them from office, the president must carry out Parliament’s decision and set a date from when the two judges will stop holding office of a judge."
The vote is scheduled to take place on Wednesday afternoon, after the Budget Speech.