Judges Matter welcomes the JSC’s proposed reforms to strengthen transparency, integrity and effectiveness in South Africa’s judicial appointment process.
Media Statement: JSC Invites Public Comment on Revised Judicial Appointment Procedures. Comments must be received by 17 September 2026.
A preview on the April 2024 JSC Interviews and why it is important that we are all paying attention. During this round of interviews the JSC will be looking to fill positions on some of South Africa’s top courts.
The October 2023 DGRU submission reflects on the progress made by the JSC and suggests areas for improvement, intended to enhance the legitimacy of the judicial appointment process.
THURSDAY 4 MAY 2023 MEDIA STATEMENT New criteria is a historic development that shows JSC’s commitment to reform and improve rigour and fairness of interview process, and protect the independence of the judiciary. Judges Matter welcomes the Judicial Service Commission releasing today (4 May 2023) the new criteria for the selection and appointment of judges […]
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 […]
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 […]
27 October 2022 MEDIA STATEMENT At its meeting on 3 October 2022, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) adopted revised criteria and guidelines for selecting candidates for judicial appointment, revising the criteria and guidelines adopted in 1998 and updated in 2010. The criteria can be found on the JSC website at: https://bit.ly/3sCFB7L The Commission has decided […]
Following a special sitting on 4 April 2022, the Judicial Service Commission released a statement confirming that it will use the 2010 criteria in the interviews starting from 5 to 8 April 2022.
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