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Vol 63 No 6

Published 17th March 2022


South Africa

Chief Justice Zondo takes centre stage

Rejecting the advice of the Judicial Services Commission, Ramaphosa has picked his own man as top judge as well as top corruption-buster

In appointing Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo as the new Chief Justice, President Cyril Ramaphosa used his constitutional powers to trump a populist cabal in the 23-person Judicial Services Commission (JSC) which was backing the respected Justice Mandisa Maya, President of the Supreme Court of Appeal, as the committee's favoured candidate.

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