A. INTRODUCTION 1. The Democratic Governance and Rights Unit and Judges Matter hereby submit their input on the draft ‘Summary of Criteria and Questioning Guidelines’ (‘the draft criteria’) issued by the Judicial Service Commission on 27 October 2022. 2. Since we first began monitoring the judicial appointments process in 2009, we have regularly made submissions […]
Throughout the year we write articles to share information about the JSC, the judges’ interview process, and the South African judicial system as a whole. This year was a particularly busy year for the judiciary, marked by a number of significant events, including but not limited to the Chief Justice Interviews, the Deputy Chief Justice […]
Time is running out. President Ramaphosa must appoint a new Chief Justice. We believe President Ramaphosa should follow a novel process for selecting the next Chief Justice. A process akin to President Mandela’s appointment of Chief Justice Mahomed.
Following the CASAC settlement, the High Court set aside the botched April 2021 JSC Con Court interviews and directed the JSC to rerun them, a decision that has caused a great deal of confusion.
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