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Capacity: Judge Further appointments: Deputy Judge President of Gauteng (2013) First appointed as a judge: 2005, (Gauteng, Pretoria) Gender: Male Ethnicity: Black Date of Birth: 9 October 1962 Key judgments: Amcu And Others v Royal Bafokeng Platinum Ltd And Others 2020 (3) SA 1 (CC) Moyo And Another v Minister Of Police And Others 2020 [...]
Most read articles of 2019
- Posted: 1st Dec 2019
- By: Judges Matter
- Category: Opinions
- Comment: 0
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 top 10 JSC interviews of 2019
- Posted: 1st Dec 2019
- By: Judges Matter
- Category: Opinions
- Comment: 0
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 […]
Supreme Court of Appeal gets 5 new judges
- Posted: 13th May 2019
- By: Judges Matter
- Category: Opinions
- Comment: 2
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 […]
Judicial candidates and gender: five indicators to watch
- Posted: 1st Apr 2019
- By: Judges Matter
- Category: Opinions
- Comment: 0
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 […]
The Legitimacy of the SA Judiciary in 2018
- Posted: 27th Aug 2018
- By: Judges Matter
- Category: Opinions
- Comment: 2
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 […]
The JSC’s uneven line of questioning on judicial transformation
- Posted: 8th Jun 2018
- By: Judges Matter
- Category: Opinions
- Comment: 3
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 […]
Examining the JSC deliberations process
- Posted: 7th May 2018
- By: Judges Matter
- Category: Opinions
- Comment: 2
In a ground-breaking decision on 25 April 2018, the Constitutional Court ordered the release of the records of a deliberation of the JSC in October 2012, during which the JSC took a decision to advise the President to appoint certain candidates as judges of the Western Cape Division of the High Court, and not to […]
The Judges Matter Top 10 JSC interviews 2017
- Posted: 12th Dec 2017
- By: Judges Matter
- Category: Opinions
- Comment: 0
As part of our work and to create greater transparency around the judiciary and the JSC interviews, we write profiles and interview synopses of each of the candidates who are interviewed by the JSC. To give you some insight into some of the judicial candidates who appear before the JSC we’ve put together a list […]
The most watched JSC interviews
- Posted: 11th Dec 2017
- By: Judges Matter
- Category: Opinions
- Comment: 0
Watching the Judicial Service Commission interviews can give you great insight into the nature of a candidate as well as the judiciary and the JSC itself. As not everyone can attend the JSC interviews and watch them live, we record all the interviews and share the videos on our YouTube channel for you to watch. […]