Zondo keeps JSC interviews decorous after reiterating old criteria
/ 5 April 2022

Zondo keeps JSC interviews decorous after reiterating old criteria

In interviews with candidates for the constitutional court, issues of race, gender and transformation featured but did not crowd out questions on points of law

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Ramaphosa walked into a ‘political ambush’ on chief justice appointment
/ 9 February 2022

Ramaphosa walked into a ‘political ambush’ on chief justice appointment

The JSC exceeded its mandate to place the president in a corner in which exercising his wide powers to select the next chief justice have become fettered by popular concerns

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Why lawyers argue the case for a Madlanga constitutional court
/ 27 January 2022

Why lawyers argue the case for a Madlanga constitutional court

The brilliance of Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga’s mind and his transformative judgments can prove salutary at a time when the judiciary is under populist attack, his peers hope.

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Zondo may miss chief justice cut
/ 16 September 2021

Zondo may miss chief justice cut

The deputy chief justice is said to top Ramaphosa’s list but his position as head of the state capture commission is seen as too politically fraught

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