Acting Justice David Unterhalter has been taken out of the running for appointment to the Constitutional Court by the Judicial Service Commission in a decision that means President Cyril Ramaphosa can only fill one of two vacancies at the apex court.
Acting Justice David Unterhalter has been taken out of the running for appointment to the Constitutional Court by the Judicial Service Commission in a decision that means President Cyril Ramaphosa can only fill one of two vacancies at the apex court.
JSC spokespersons Doris Tshepe and Sesi Baloyi have confirmed that the president would only be able to appoint one of the four candidates that it had shortlisted because Section 174 of the Constitution requires the commission to present Ramaphosa with three names more than the number of vacancies at the apex court.Subscribe to News24 for just R75 per month to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. You can cancel any time.
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