Too few candidates for ConCourt vacancy
Once again not enough suitable candidates have come forward to fill a vacancy on the Constitutional Court Bench.
Announcing this on Friday, the JSC pointed out it is the second time it had failed to secure enough suitable candidates to interview for a vacant post at the apex court.
In a repeat of what happened before the October interviews last year, the JSC said it had received four nominations, but one ‘was not shortlisted to be interviewed’.
A TimesLIVE report points out the position has been vacant for more than a year since the retirements of Justices Sisi Khampepe and Chris Jafta in October 2021.
The Constitution requires the JSC to prepare a list of nominees with three names more than the number of appointments to be made. If there is one vacancy, the list of nominees for the President must comprise four names. If there are two vacancies, the list must comprise five.
With only three interviewable candidates for the vacancy, the JSC said: 'Accordingly, no candidates will be interviewed for the Constitutional Court in April.’
The JSC also said no candidates had been nominated for the Electoral Court and that it had decided not to shortlist the only nominated candidate for Deputy Judge President of the Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court.
Only two candidates were shortlisted for five vacancies on the Competition Appeal Court: Western Cape Judge Lister Nuku and Gauteng High Court Judge Brian Spilg.
The JSC said it would be conducting interviews from 17 to 21 April 2023.
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