JUDGES MATTER: The leading female candidates in the running for the next Chief Justice

by quickly moving to virtual hearings and effectively clearing the SCA’s workload for the term. Virtual hearings will now be the default feature of the appeal court for the foreseeable future.

She is surely a front-runner whatever criteria are employed, and is the most obvious contender if a woman Chief Justice is appointed.Appointed to the Constitutional Court in 2015, Justice Mhlantla is something of an outsider, as she has not held a senior leadership position in the judiciary and does not have an especially prominent public profile, compared to some of her colleagues.

, she famously found that now Chief Justice Mogoeng should have recused himself from a case in the high court where Justice Mogoeng’s wife was representing the State.Justice Theron has been a judge of the Constitutional Court since 2017. Like Justice Mhlantla, she has not held a senior judicial leadership position, and is probably an outsider at this stage.

, where she dissented from more experienced colleagues in the Supreme Court of Appeal about imposing the prescribed minimum sentence for rape and kidnapping; and, where she declared provisions relating to customary marriages entered into before 2000 to be unconstitutional.

The final selection should be based on the highest ethical and moral grounds of the nominee, if such virtues still matter (besides being well versed in the application of state law)! May the best candidate be chosen in keeping those in power in check, no compromise.

Not interested. Appoint in merit alone. Enough of this equal outcome bullshit of the ANC

I reckon Justice Maya is the best female candidate for post. Her cv speaks for itself.

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