Researcher and language expert, Langalibalele Mathenjwa, has been taken to task for finding that there was no evidence that Western Cape Judge President, John Hlophe, had intended to influence Justice Chris Jafta during a meeting 12 years ago. Mathenjwa has been giving expert evidence at the Judicial Conduct Tribunal's gross misconduct hearing against Hlophe that's underway in Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg. Hlophe is accused of trying to influence two Justices to rule in favour of former President Jacob Zuma in a Constitutional Court case.