David Unterhalter
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Zondo’s office re-advertises vacancy at the constitutional court
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…
Maya proposes increasing number of Concourt judges to 15
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
Judicial Service Commission to interview SCA candidates in May
The interviews were brought forward after Freedom Under Law warned that the commission was breaching a high court order by scheduling these for June
Freedom Under Law accuses JSC of flouting court order on supreme court of appeal vacancies
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
‘Convenient democrats’ want to review the composition of the JSC
The presence of democratically elected leaders in the Judicial Service Commission is critical
The trouble with the JSC and the Concourt
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
Owen Rogers appointed to the constitutional court
The well-respected Western Cape high court judge was named after the April interviews where the JSC overlooked David Unterhalter a third time
Homophobia accusations sink Madondo’s hope of heading KwaZulu-Natal’s high court division
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…
JSC says Unterhalter was excluded by majority vote
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…
Unterhalter overlooked by the JSC for a third time
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…
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
Zondo: JSC has a duty to consider white judges for constitutional court
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…
Zondo opposes calls to change judicial appointment process
The acting chief justice acknowledged calls for reform after the recent forced rerun of interviews for aspirant apex court judges
JSC lets politics trump conscience and excellence
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…
Casac demands record of deliberations on ConCourt candidates
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…