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<\/div>\nJohannesburg – <\/p>\n
\nMadlanga says if appointed, he wants to approach the Minister of Justice to discuss the issue of quorum. He says that perhaps the best would be an amendment @<\/p>\n
\u2014 Kailene Pillay (@kailenepillay) February 1, 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nMadlanga will now be given 30mins to share his vision of a functional, efficient, accountable and independent judiciary in SA @<\/p>\n
\u2014 Kailene Pillay (@kailenepillay) February 1, 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nMadlanga basically says he identified some of the contributing factors to excessive delays in the Constitutional Court and he is in the process of revising the system. He says he and acting justice Dhaya Pillay are working on the proposal that will be released soon @<\/p>\n
\u2014 Kailene Pillay (@kailenepillay) February 1, 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nMadlanga was appointed as a Constitutional Court judge by former President Jacob Zuma in 2013. He has served 8 years and 5 months of his 12-year term at the apex court @<\/p>\n
\u2014 Kailene Pillay (@kailenepillay) February 1, 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nMadlanga says apart from his legal work, he was also a member of Advocate for Transformation among other organisations. He also offered his services to lecture law students for free at Fort Hare and Walter Sisulu universities @<\/p>\n
\u2014 Kailene Pillay (@kailenepillay) February 1, 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nAppeals court president Xola Petse is chairing the interviews. He asks Justice Madlanga to take a few seconds to look around and see if he knows most, if not all, the Commissioners present.
This is the start of a historic week of interviews for SA’s next #ChiefJustice @<\/p>\n\u2014 Kailene Pillay (@kailenepillay) February 1, 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The long-awaited interviews for South Africa\u2019s next Chief Justice are set to begin on Tuesday morning as the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) begins the process of appointing one of four candidates for the top judicial post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nPresident Cyril Ramaphosa invited the public in September last year to nominate people for the position. The panel set up to short-list candidates \u2013 chaired by former head of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay \u2013 gave its report to Ramaphosa on November 17, and he submitted four names to the JSC.<\/p>\n
The shortlisted four senior judges for the job include Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, Supreme Court of Appeal Judge President Mandisa Maya, Constitutional Court Judge Mbuyiseli Madlanga and Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo.<\/p>\n
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