JSC May 2024 Preview
JSC May 2024 Preview: A week that might decide the next decade for judiciary. All you need to know about the May 2024 JSC Interviews.
JSC May 2024 Preview: A week that might decide the next decade for judiciary. All you need to know about the May 2024 JSC Interviews.
On 20 – 21 May 2024 the JSC will interview Justice Zondi for the position of Judge President of the SCA. They will also interview 10 candidates for positions on the SCA.
JSC Media announcement regarding an additional vacancy in the SCA to be interviewed for in May 2024 at a special sitting of the JSC.
The OCJ was established as a standalone national government department to provide administrative support to the Chief Justice and the rest of the judiciary. It was meant to take care of all the administrative functions.
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 […]
The Judicial Service Commission interviewed over 50 judicial candidates in 2019 and while all the JSC interviews are interesting, there are always a few which stand out and capture people’s attention. Here are some of the most popular JSC interviews from 2019: Mr Daniel Mafeleu Thulare The issues around judicial governance hit the JSC […]
In April the Judicial Service Commission interviewed nine candidates for five vacancies at the Supreme Court of Appeal. As was the case in previous rounds for these vacancies, the candidates were grilled on divisions within the SCA and their experience of collegiality while acting at the court. The candidates all alluded to certain divisions within […]
Over the last few years, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has vastly improved its approach to gender parity among judicial candidates. It has begun to ask important questions about the bench as a working environment for women, and to gauge ideas from both male and female candidates on removing barriers in the profession that stop […]
This article was written by Paul Hoffman SC and was originally published in the Daily Maverick on 13 August 2018. Daily Maverick columnist, Stephen Grootes, has cast aspersions on the legitimacy of the judiciary in a recent wide-ranging piece of political analysis. It is important to interrogate the legitimacy of the judiciary carefully as it […]
Section 174 (2) of the Constitution of South Africa, which may be referred to as the “transformation clause” stipulates that the need for the judiciary to “reflect broadly the racial and gender composition of South Africa must be considered” when judges are appointed. The contentious nature of the provision was captured in a question that […]