CONTROVERSIAL former Truth Commision investigator Dumisa Ntsebeza is one of seventeen black acting judges appointed on Tuesday by Justice Minister Dullah Omar, who said he aimed to widen the pool of potential candidates for full-time positions to “ensure that it will be possible to promote representivity at a much faster rate”.
Omar’s most senior appointment on Tuesday is that of W Madlanga, a young Transkei advocate, who becomes an acting judge of appeal. There are 186 permanent judges in South Africa, of whom 151 are white.