1 May: Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng announces he is taking long leave and will not be returning...

On 14 April Zuma sent a 21-page letter to Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng insisting that he did not regard his refusal to appear before Zondo as contempt of court...

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng (See Box Judiciary set for change) has ruled that the assault charge against Hlophe alone could warrant impeachment...

Another strong candidate is Judge Mbuyiseli Madlanga who will be the most senior judge on the Constitutional Court after the retirement later this year of Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and Constitutional Court Judges Sisi Khampepe and Chris Jafta (AC Vol 49 No 16 Blame the judges & Judges of the Constitutional Court)...

There is also a view in legal circles that the remit of the Zondo Commission is too narrow and needs to be widened but as Chief Justice  Mogoeng Mogoeng has pointed out the President is the only person who is empowered to change the commission mandate (AC Vol 59 No 3 The goodbye gets longer)...

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has told the Johannesburg weekly City Press that unless the political factions can find a way to reconcile there would be a risk of civil war...

The 'State of Capture' report that Madonsela produced before her term as Public Protector ended last October laid the foundations for a judicial inquiry by a judge approved by the Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng...

Meanwhile the break-in at the offices of the Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng over the weekend of 18-19 March prompted fresh concerns about judicial security...