NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
QUESTION FOR ORAL REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 21
DATE OF QUESTION: 27 FEBRUARY 2012
21. Mr Z Mlenzana (COPE-EC) to ask the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development:
(1) Whether his department has made an effort to increase the number of (a) women judges on the bench and (b) African women in the entire judiciary system; if not, why not; if so, what are the proportional changes experienced in each case during the period 1 January 2009 up to 31 December 2011;