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.
Do you have to act as a magistrate or judge before you get appointed? In South Africa judges are appointed by the President of the Republic on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). However, according to the Constitutional Court the JSC must prepare a list of nominees with three names more than the […]
Questions asked by the Magistrates Commission during the interviews and the criteria applied Filling the vacancies – October 2019 interviews It is undisputed that there exists a huge number of vacant positions within the Magistracy. There are currently 26 vacant positions of regional court magistrates. The vacant positions vary between Soweto, Brits, Tlhabane, Moretele, Rustenburg, […]
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