Judge Hlophe’s troubles began ‘when he wrote racism report’

ONCE revered as the “darling of the judiciary”, former judge president of the Western Cape High Court division, Judge John Hlophe, recently impeached, has revealed that his problems began when he lost favour after he revealed that there were deep-rooted patterns of racism in the judiciary.

Judge Hlophe was impeached last week. The National Assembly voted in favour of his impeachment, with only 27 members of Parliament opposed to impeachment against 305 parliamentarians who supported it. They included ANC