Gwede Mantashe, the ANC's secretary-general, lashed out at the constitutional court judges for going public with their accusations against Mr Hlophe before following the proper complaint procedures.

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The court's judges had earlier accused John Hlophe, a controversial judge who presides over the high court in the Western Cape, of trying to lean on two members of the constitutional court to persuade them to rule in favour of Mr Zuma.

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