The recent April sitting of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) was the third chaired by Chief Justice Raymond Zondo since he assumed permanent leadership of South Africa’s judiciary. While part of the week saw Deputy Chief Justice Mandisa Maya filling in for Zondo, both judges played assured hands in restoring rigour and precision to proceedings. […]
1. At its special sitting held in Johannesburg on 4 April 2022, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) considered and reviewed: 1.1 the guidelines for questioning candidates for judicial appointment to the Constitutional Court adopted in 1994; and 1.2 the criteria for judicial selection adopted in 2010. The JSC’s decision and approach 2. The […]
From the 17th to the 21st April 2023 the Judicial Service Commission will be interviewing 22 candidates for 19 vacancies within the superior courts of South Africa. Among those will be two important leadership positions: Judge President of the Mpumalanga High Court, and the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal. However, what is of […]
Media Statement 29 October 2022 JUDGES MATTER SUBMITS COMMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON JSC’s REVISED CRITERIA FOR JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS With renewed emphasis on legal excellence, integrity and independence, the new criteria are a significant improvement to judicial appointments This week, civil society organisation Judges Matter submitted comment to the Judicial Service Commission on the revised criteria […]
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 […]
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION SUMMARY AND EXPLANATION OF THE CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES USED BY THE JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION WHEN CONSIDERING CANDIDATES FOR JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT 1. At its special sitting held in Johannesburg on 4 April 2022, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) considered and reviewed: 1.1 the guidelines for questioning candidates for judicial […]
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