President submits list of candidates for position of Chief Justice to Judicial Service Commission and political parties
17 November 2021 - 9:30pm
President Cyril Ramaphosa has, in accordance with Section 174(3) of the Constitution, submitted to the Judicial Service Commission and leaders of parties represented in the National Assembly a list of four candidates for consideration for the position of Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa.
In September 2021, President Ramaphosa invited public nominations for the position of Chief Justice. This was in anticipation of the discharge from active service of former Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng on 11 October 2021.
In terms of the Constitution, the Chief Justice is “the head of the judiciary and exercises responsibility over the establishment and monitoring of norms and standards for the exercise of the judicial functions of all courts”.
The President appointed a panel, chaired by Judge Navanethem Pillay, to evaluate nominations made by the public and to shortlist nominees who fulfilled the advertised requirements for nomination.