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
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
