A dearth of candidates has repeatedly left the Judicial Service Commission unable to fill a post created by the retirement of Justice Sisi Khampepe This content is restricted to…
The deputy chief justice also called for the court to be allowed to sit in panels and for full administrative and financial independence for the judiciary
The interviews were brought forward after Freedom Under Law warned that the commission was breaching a high court order by scheduling these for June
The failure by the Judicial Service Commission, an organisation chaired by the chief justice, risked undermining respect for the rule of law, the group said
The presence of democratically elected leaders in the Judicial Service Commission is critical
With only three candidates shortlisted, the JSC will again not be able to fill a vacancy that arose at the constitutional court in late 2021
The well-respected Western Cape high court judge was named after the April interviews where the JSC overlooked David Unterhalter a third time
The fraught interview carried an echo of the controversy over former chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s religious pronoucements after members of the JSC cited extracts from…
His third unsuccessful candidacy raises the spectre of a legal review and case law dictates that the JSC can be compelled to give reasons for failing to appoint a qualified…
The esteemed jurist had to apologise for failing to recuse himself on an application for leave to appeal to the constitutional court, sinking his hopes of a permanent position at…
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
The acting chief justice suggested, in his interview with the Judicial Service Commission for the post of chief justice, that the next round of interviews in April with…
The acting chief justice acknowledged calls for reform after the recent forced rerun of interviews for aspirant apex court judges
The sense that the commissioners who nominated five candidates for appointment to the Constitutional Court voted for their constituencies, rather than with their conscience, is…
The Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution again has reservations about how the JSC selected the five names forwarded to the president, after it forced a…
Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo protected the integrity of the process after it descended into politicking in April
Judges Fayeeza Kathree-Setiloane, Jody Kollapen and Bashier Vally complete the list, while Dhaya Pillay fails to make the cut
Jacob Zuma will not have a fair trial, because there is no judge does not have an opinion on his case, ANC treasurer general Mathews Phosa said.
Members of the legal fraternity are proposing a graceful exit for the Cape judge president.
Hugh Glenister’s lawyer argued hard in the Constitutional Court on Wednesday to stop the legislation that would merge the Scorpions with the police.
