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
JSC TRIBUNAL Retired Judge Bernard Ngoepe compares women’s power to a key for Mercedes Benz and Donald Trump 5 min 8 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
ANALYSIS Mbenenge’s sexual harassment hearing exposes ripples of discontent in SA’s legal profession 4 min 3 By Marianne Thamm
South Africa Judge Mbenenge’s conduct at tribunal sends chilling message to women in SA workplaces 3 min 3 By Masimanyane Women’s Rights International and Women’s Ikhwelo Network
JUDICIAL CONDUCT TRIBUNAL ‘This is highly malicious’ — Mbenenge lashes out at evidence leader 3 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 Embattled Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge tells tribunal he was called by the people to serve 3 min 3 By Marianne Thamm
ANALYSIS D-day for Judge President Selby Mbenenge, who faces the inquisition of a lifetime 3 min 4 By Marianne Thamm
ANALYSIS Mbenenge tribunal — expert explains emoji code origin, but not human interpretation 4 min 0 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
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY Tribunal hears Judge President Selby Mbenenge could not take ‘no’ for an answer 4 min 11 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 2 min 0 By Mbekezeli Benjamin
GROUNDUP Judge asked secretary for nude picture of ‘top part’, tribunal hears 4 min 16 By Tania Broughton
GROUNDUP Sexual harassment complaint against Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge set for January 4 min 2 By Tania Broughton
