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Explained: How a judge gets impeached

Explained: How a judge gets impeached

What happens now to “drunk” Judge Nkola Motata? It has been 16 years since allegations emerged that on the morning of 6 January 2007 Gauteng High Court Judge Nkola Motata drove his car into a wall while drunk. Following his drunk-driving conviction in a magistrates court, a judicial misconduct complaint filed with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) […]

[Media Statement] Judges Matter welcomes the Supreme Court of Appeal’s ruling concerning Judge Motata

[Media Statement] Judges Matter welcomes the Supreme Court of Appeal’s ruling concerning Judge Motata

[MEDIA STATEMENT] 22 June 2023 Judges Matter welcomes the Supreme Court of Appeal’s ruling that the JSC was wrong in only finding Judge Motata guilty of misconduct, instead of gross misconduct. The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) decided today that the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) must send Judge Motata to Parliament for a vote on […]

Analysis of the Judicial Service Commission April 2023 interviews

Analysis of the Judicial Service Commission April 2023 interviews

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. […]

Summary and explanation of the criteria and guidelines used by the Judicial Service Commission when considering candidates for judicial appointment

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 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 […]

Judge Mahube Molemela’s interview for President of the Supreme Court of Appeal

Judge Mahube Molemela’s interview for President of the Supreme Court of Appeal

Interviewing for the position of president of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), Judge Mahube Molemela had to convince the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) that she had fresh ideas to maintain and improve upon the standards of a bench which she described as the judicial “lodestar” in the country. It was a careful balancing act […]