Quote of the week
Universal adult suffrage on a common voters roll is one of the foundational values of our entire constitutional order. The achievement of the franchise has historically been important both for the acquisition of the rights of full and effective citizenship by all South Africans regardless of race, and for the accomplishment of an all-embracing nationhood. The universality of the franchise is important not only for nationhood and democracy. The vote of each and every citizen is a badge of dignity and of personhood. Quite literally, it says that everybody counts. In a country of great disparities of wealth and power it declares that whoever we are, whether rich or poor, exalted or disgraced, we all belong to the same democratic South African nation; that our destinies are intertwined in a single interactive polity.
August and Another v Electoral Commission and Others (CCT8/99) [1999] ZACC 3
JSC announces judicial appointment
The Judicial Service Commission has concluded interviews of Judges to fill vacancies in the Bench
During the period 16-19 October 2012, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) conducted interviews in Cape Town for the vacant judges’ positions in the various divisions of the High Court. After the conclusion of the interviews, the Chief Justice met with the President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr J Z Zuma and presented the JSC’s recommendations as follows:
1. 1. Eastern Cape High Court (Mthatha and Port Elizabeth)
The JSC advertised two vacancies in the Eastern Cape High Court and six candidates were shortlisted and interviewed for these two vacancies. The JSC has recommended that the President should appoint the following candidates to the Eastern Cape High Court:
Adv Murray John Lowe SC
Ms Buyiswa Majiki
1. 2. Electoral Court
There were two vacancies advertised by the JSC and three candidates were shortlisted and interviewed. The JSC has recommended that the President should appoint the following candidates as Judges of the Electoral Court:
Judge Dimpheletse Seun Stanley Moshidi; and
Judge Willem Lőtter Wepener
1. 3. KwaZulu-Natal High Court
The JSC advertised a single vacancy of Deputy Judge President and two candidates were shortlisted and interviewed. The JSC decided to recommend that the President should appoint Judge Achmat Naaim Jappie as Deputy Judge President of the KwaZulu-Natal High Court.
1. 4. North and South Gauteng High Court
The JSC advertised three vacancies in the North and South Gauteng High Court. Two candidates were shortlisted and interviewed for these positions. The JSC has recommended that the President should appoint Adv David Stephanus Fourie SC as a Judge of the North and South Gauteng High Court.
1. 5. Western Cape High Court
The JSC advertised four vacancies in the Western Cape High Court. Eight candidates were shortlisted and interviewed for these vacant positions. Prior to the interviews the JSC was informed by the Deputy Judge President of the Western Cape High Court that a fifth vacancy had arose in the Western Cape High Court and the JSC should consider recommending five candidates to the President. Following the interviews the JSC recommended that the following candidates should be appointed by the President as Judges of the Western Cape High Court:
Ms Judith Innes Cloete
Mr Mokgoatji Josiah Dolamo
Ms Babalwa Pearl Mantame
Adv Owen Lloyd Rogers SC; and
Adv Ashton Schippers SC
Issued by the JSC
Adv Ntsebeza SC and Mr CP Fourie
Contact details: 082 467 2490 and 082 881 1737
Email:Ntsebeza@mweb.co.za and CPFourie@fsf.co.za
