THE EASTERN CAPE SEARCHES FOR A DEPUTY JUDGE PRESIDENT: CHALLENGES AND CANDIDATES After eight hours of interviews with four candidates and several hours of deliberation over two days during its October 2026 sitting, the Judicial Service Commission announced that none of the candidates was suitable for appointment. The position of deputy judge president of the […]
JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION MEDIA STATEMENT FURTHER DELIBERATIONS FOLLOWING INTERVIEWS FOR THE DEPUTY JUDGE PRESIDENT OF THE EASTERN CAPE DIVISION OF THE HIGH COURT [1] Following the interviews and the deliberations for the Deputy Judge President of the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court that were held on 6 October 2026, none of the candidates achieved […]
Criteria for the selection of judicial leaders must reflect the search for jurisprudential leaders. The role of Judge Presidents A Judge President is the administrative head of a High Court Division in South Africa. The Judge President is expected to provide effective leadership to the division to ensure that judges in the division perform their […]
Watching the Judicial Service Commission interviews can give you great insight into the nature of a candidate as well as the judiciary and the JSC itself. As not everyone can attend the JSC interviews and watch them live, we record all the interviews and share the videos on our YouTube channel for you to watch. […]
The opportunity not to do something is as important as the chance to do something. This JSC has chosen to step back on making appointments to two leadership positions in the Northern Cape and the North West. In both instances the interviews of the candidates left a clear trail of clues as to why the […]
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