Public Protector advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe and Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo are among the eight legal fraternity heavyweights nominated to take the position of chief justice.
Durban - Public Protector advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, 51, Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe, 62, and Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, 61, are among the eight legal fraternity heavyweights who have been nominated to take the position of chief justice.
According to the Presidency, 148 submissions were made when the process opened on September 16 this year and only 25 met all the criteria. Upon further scrutiny, only eight candidates made it to the list of the nominations panel chaired by Judge Navanethem Pillay. The other nominees are as follows: Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Justice Mandisa Maya , Dr Wallace Amos Mgoqi, Judge President Dunstan Mlambo and advocate Alan Nelson SC.
According to the Presidency, the process now moves to make written objections before the list is narrowed down to five and submitted to President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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