[1] In November 2009, President Jacob Zuma announced that Matojane would join the Gauteng High Court permanently with effect from 12 December 2009.
[4] The following year, he ordered the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to pay R500,000 in damages to Trevor Manuel for making defamatory and false statements about Manuel;[5][6] the defamation finding was upheld by the Supreme Court of Appeal, although the appellate court referred the determination of damages to oral hearings.
[7] Most prominently, in December 2021, Matojane overturned the decision of the National Commissioner for Correctional Services to grant medical parole to former President Jacob Zuma, who had been imprisoned for contempt of court.
[9][10][11] The Supreme Court of Appeal upheld this decision, though it disagreed with Matojane's declaratory order that Zuma's time on parole should not be considered towards the fulfilment of his sentence.
[13] In April 2021, the Judicial Service Commission shortlisted and interviewed Matojane as a candidate for permanent appointment to the Supreme Court of Appeal.
[14][13] The Judicial Service Commission did not recommend Matojane for appointment, but the non-profit Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution laid a formal complaint against Malema with Parliament.