PIVOTAL MOMENT Sexual harassment in the judiciary is a crisis at the Bar and on the Bench 7 min 1 By Marianne Thamm
JSC TRIBUNAL Get off your feminist, Western, culturally superior, subjective high horse, Mbenenge’s lawyer tells tribunal 4 min 18 By Marianne Thamm
CULTURAL QUAGMIRE OP-ED Culture versus consent as Mbenenge tribunal exposes deep fault lines in SA's legal system 2 min 0 By Zekhethelo Cele and Kayan Leung
EMOJI ETIQUETTE When it just ain’t peachy — can a smiley face land you in HR’s inbox? 4 min 0 By Lisakanya Venna
ANALYSIS Mbenenge’s sexual harassment hearing exposes ripples of discontent in SA’s legal profession 4 min 3 By Marianne Thamm
VIDEO Watch – Judge Mbenenge on trial: Power, emojis & South Africa’s judiciary reckoning 1 min 0 By Marianne Thamm
JUDICIAL CONDUCT TRIBUNAL It wasn’t about power, ‘it was a conversation between two adults’, Mbenenge tells hearing 6 min 5 By Marianne Thamm
JUDICIAL CONDUCT TRIBUNAL Mbenenge inquiry told of peeled bananas, a marinade, and men ‘muffing’ 4 min 7 By Marianne Thamm
JUDICIAL CONDUCT TRIBUNAL Accusations of indecent exposure ‘lies’ fabricated to shame him, Mbenenge tells tribunal 3 min 2 By Marianne Thamm
JUDICIAL CONDUCT TRIBUNAL Mbenenge referred to female staff as ‘big girls’, ‘children’, often commenting on their appearance, tribunal hears 4 min 4 By Marianne Thamm
ANALYSIS Judicial Conduct Tribunal highlights contested gendered and cultural understandings of emojis 2 min 0 By Marianne Thamm
GROUNDUP Eastern Cape Judge President’s eggplant and banana emojis had ‘sexual connotations’, tribunal told 4 min 0 By Tania Broughton
JUDGES MATTER OP-ED 2025: a pivotal year for South Africa's judiciary amid scandals and reform efforts 1 min 0 By Mbekezeli Benjamin
GROUNDUP I said ‘no’, but judge kept sexting me, legal secretary testifies at Judicial Conduct Tribunal 4 min 3 By Tania Broughton for GroundUp
GROUNDUP Legal secretary says judge asked her for a ‘BJ’, tribunal hears 4 min 4 By Tania Broughton for GroundUp
