the departure of ANC hardliners like Jeff Radebe, Ngoako Ramatlhodi and Fatima Chohan. Hlophe complaint Mogoeng has been the head of the JSC during most of the long-running controversy over misconduct complaints against Western Cape High Court Judge President, John Hlophe. The main complaint against Hlophe was laid in 2008 by the judges of the Constitutional Court, who alleged that he tried to persuade them to decide a case in favour of then-President Jacob Zuma. The processing of this complaint has been repeatedly stalled so that, more than ten years after it was first lodged, no action has been taken against Hlophe. In January 2020, further complaints were lodged against Hlophe by his deputy judge president Patricia Goliath. Mogoeng is the chairperson of the JSC's Judicial Conduct Committee, which is mandated to decide this complaint. Mogoeng initially disclaimed responsibility, however, on the basis that he lacks any legal power to take disciplinary action against a judge. This argument has been rejected by commentators and the JCC's refusal to take action described as "bizarre". Later, however, in July 2020, Mogoeng decided that the complaint against Hlophe should be adjudicated by the JCC, and said that, if true, the complaint would be grounds for a finding of gross misconduct. Other positions and awards On 27 March 2018 the University of Johannesburg conferred an honorary doctoral degree on Mogoeng, citing his "notable contributions within the judiciary sphere - which should remind South Africans to take the constitution as a guide which will give us unity to build our country and to reconcile as all South Africans". In 2013, Mogoeng was awarded an honorary doctorate by North-West University. References Judges of the Constitutional Court of South Africa Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Chief justices of South Africa South African Pentecostals 1961 births University of Natal alumni University of Zululand alumni University of South Africa alumni 20th-century South African lawyers 20th-century South African judges 21st-century South African judges