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Magistrates Court User Survey 2023

Key findings of the DGRU’s South African Magistracy’s Court Users Survey Report 2023.

Magistrates’ Perceptions Survey 2022

Key findings of South African Magistracy’s perceptions of their working environment survey 2022/3.

The Magistrates Court Surveys: Our Findings

Posted: 25th January 2024
By: JudgesMatter
Category: Magistrates / Opinions / State of the Judiciary
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Given the importance of the magistracy in providing access to justice, it is imperative that we understand their perception of their role, and the challenges they are experiencing.

Most read articles of 2019

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. Here is a list of Judges Matter’s most popular articles in 2019. Five ConCourt candidates recommended to the President Six candidates were interviewed for the Constitutional Court on Wednesday 3 […]

JOASA Statement: Thulare’s comments on Judicial Authority

The last round of JSC interviews took place from the 7 – 11 October 2019. On Tuesday 8 October, Mr Daniel Thulare, the Cape Town Chief Magistrate, was interviewed for a position on the Western Cape High Court bench. During the interviews he was questioned by the Chief Justice regarding comments he had made during […]

Magistrates Matter: Turning the light to shine on the magistracy

The judicial system in South Africa comprises of the following courts of law: the Constitutional Court; the Supreme Court of Appeal; the High Courts, the Magistrates’ Courts; and any other court established by legislation (such as the Labour Court). In her thesis on the transformation of the South African magistracy published in 2007, Vanja Karth […]

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