Quote of the week
Regard must be had to the higher standard of conduct expected from public officials, and the number of falsehoods that have been put forward by the Public Protector in the course of the litigation. This conduct included the numerous “misstatements”, like misrepresenting, under oath, her reliance on evidence of economic experts in drawing up the report, failing to provide a complete record, ordered and indexed, so that the contents thereof could be determined, failing to disclose material meetings and then obfuscating the reasons for them and the reasons why they had not been previously disclosed, and generally failing to provide the court with a frank and candid account of her conduct in preparing the report. The punitive aspect of the costs order therefore stands.
Public Protector v South African Reserve Bank (CCT107/18) [2019] ZACC 29 (22 July 2019)
Candidates shortlisted for JSC interviews
SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR JUDICIAL POSITIONS
On 01 June 2012, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) published advertisements calling for nominations of interested persons to fill 14 vacancies in the various superior courts. The closing date for the nominations was set for 27 July 2012.
Following the closing date, the JSC met on 18 August 2012 and compiled a short list of candidates to be interviewed at its sitting to be held in Cape Town on 15-19 October 2012 as follows:
1. Eastern Cape High Court (Port Elizabeth and Mthatha) (Two vacancies)
Mr D Hinxa
Ms S Jacobs
Adv M J Lowe SC
Mr P P Majeke
Ms B Majiki
Adv I T Stretch SC
2. Electoral Court (Two vacancies)
Judge M M Mabesele
Judge W L Wepener
3. KwaZulu-Natal High Court (Deputy Judge President) (One vacancy)
Judge A N Jappie
Judge M I Madondo
4. Labour Courts (Judge President) (One vacancy)
Judge B Waglay
5. North and South Gauteng High Court (Deputy Judge President) (One vacancy)
The JSC decided to defer this vacancy to its April 2013 sitting.
6. North and South Gauteng High Court (Three vacancies)
Ms T D Brenner
Adv D S Fourie SC
7. Western Cape High Court (Four vacancies)
Ms J I Cloete
Mr M J Dolamo
Adv J J Gauntlett SC
Mr S J Koen
Ms B P Mantame
Adv O L Rogers SC
Ms N Saba
Adv A Schippers SC
The shortlisted candidates will be notified of the date, time and venue of the interviews in due course.
Issued by the Judicial Service Commission
Enq: Adv D Ntsebeza SC 0824672490 and Mr C P Fourie 0828811737
06 March 2012
