Maya sole interview candidate for Chief Justice
Deputy Chief Justice Mandisa Maya is expected to face the Judicial Service Commission on Tuesday, for an interview to become the next Chief Justice .
“As I said, at the outset Commissioner Singh, while the institution does execute its constitutional mandate it’s not perfect. So, there are definitely things that we are not doing right, which all of us around this table know. So, we need to get as my children would say, just get our act together, as a judiciary, pull up our socks and clean up.”
The President later nominated and appointed Maya as Zondo’s deputy. She is now the sole candidate to be interviewed to take over from the outgoing Chief Justice on the 1st of September.
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