After a full day of interviews, the JSC said it would not be recommending any of the candidates for judge president of the Eastern Cape
Candidates for the Constitutional Court told the Judicial Service Commission that SCA justices have an ethos of working hard and doing their best.
Zondo is in the running for the deputy chief justice post and his interview was the first of several which will be held this week.
Today Ntsebeza, Semenya and Ndoni are hailed as fiercely independent and are highly respected.
Surely the two judges cannot expect their very own judicial colleagues at the Constitutional Court to change an obviously correct precedent?
Raging political battles have spilled over into interviews for positions on the Bench.
The Zuma case tops the billing, followed by decisions about Hlophe and Pistorius
The judge in the Oscar Pistorius trial and another jurist who is a friend of Cyril Ramaphosa failed to clinch an endorsement for the new post.
The KZN judge received the nod to become the province’s judge president despite his jest that he charmed potential female competitors.
The foundation has been trying to obtain access to the JSC’s full discussions in a bid to determine on what grounds judges are chosen.
Given the core role of the judiciary, the Helen Suzman Foundation wants to know exactly how appointments to the Bench are decided.
In this week’s letters to the editor, the Judicial Service Commission is the subject of a response.
The commission’s fixation on the separation of powers omits what else makes a good judge.
The chief justice had harsh words for otherwise promising judicial candidates who did not contribute to an expeditious judicial system.
Unexpected progressiveness from Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng is drawing a chorus of approval in legal circles.
Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe will face a tribunal in September to deal with allegations of gross misconduct, reports the Cape Times.
Izak Smuts, the advocate who quit the Judicial Service Commission amid disagreement about transformation, was right to resign, says a colleague.
Prospective Constitutional Court judges were grilled on their interpretations of separation of powers. Niren Tolsi analyses the process.
The deployment of a department official to a key position on the Arms Procurement Commission has raised hackles, writes Glynnis Underhill.
With only four candidates applying for a vacancy at the Constitutional Court, there are rumours that Ray Zondo will merely rubberstamp appointments.
The battle has shifted from the courtroom to the bottom line as attorneys fight to get their fees.
The JSC is still deciding what to do about John Hlophe’s alleged bid to influence ConCourt judges over corruption charges against President Zuma.
Former premier will be fondly remembered by her former colleagues, family members and her friends.
The Cape High Court found that the JSC was not properly constituted when it heard the complaint because it excluded Zille, the plaintiff in the case.
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/ 19 September 2009
The Mail & Guardian canvassed members of the legal fraternity on some tough questions the JSC should level at Hlophe.
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/ 16 September 2009
Serious backroom horse-trading lay behind the JSC’s appointment to the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Gauteng High Court judge Frans Malan.