Western Cape High Court Judge Owen Rogers is SA's newest Constitutional Court judge.
The appointment of the highly regarded jurist sees the apex court closer to its full complement of 11 justices after a prolonged period of vacanciesWestern Cape high court judge Owen Rogers has been appointed as a judge of the Constitutional Court.Western Cape High Court judge Owen Rogers is SA’s newest Constitutional Court judge.
After a number of acting stints at the Supreme Court of Appeal from 2017 to 2021, Rogers acted at the Constitutional Court in 2021 and was part of the bench that steered the country through the litigation-fraught 2021 local government elections, penning the majority decision that rejected the IEC’s application to postpone the elections.
Justices Jody Kollapen and Rammaka Mathopo’s appointments were announced in December after the JSC’s October interviews and SCA president Mandisa Maya is expected to join the apex court after her interview for deputy chief justice on June 20.Rogers was appointed to the Western Cape High Court in 2013 and before that was a highly regarded senior counsel at the Cape Bar.
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