judicial appointments Archives

JSC April 2026: Stronger interviews but fault lines still remain

A review of the April 2026 JSC interviews, judicial appointments, misconduct rulings, and the urgent reforms still needed to strengthen South Africa’s judiciary.

Joint statement by civil society organisations on delays in Constitutional Court appointments

Civil society warns that delays in Constitutional Court appointments undermine judicial independence, court capacity, and the rule of law in South Africa.

Fewer appointments, higher standards: What the October 2025 JSC session revealed

The JSC’s October 2025 interviews marked real progress in raising standards and enforcing ethics in judicial appointments, but gaps in voting procedures and accountability still undermine the process.

The April 2025 JSC: Why one is never enough

April 2025 JSC Appointments: JSC was only able to make one appointment to the Labour Court and one to the Electoral Court.

The JSC must play its strategic ‘Human Resources’ function

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) needs to take a more ‘HR’ style, strategic approach to its role in judicial appointments.

Preview of the JSC April 2024: The JSC must again focus on criteria and more

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.

Our most read articles of 2022

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 […]

Women and the bench: What Justice Mandisa Maya’s interview tells us about women’s place in the judiciary

While judicial appointment bodies do consider race and gender in diversifying the judiciary – and there has been an improvement over the years – there is still a gap in our judicial system. The gap is in respect of judicial leadership positions. Here women are under-represented by far.