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No more grumpy or disappearing judges, hopefuls promise the JSC 22 April 2021 - 15:44 By Tania Broughton Sharon Marks, Durban’s acting regional court president, was one of eight candidates being interviewed by the Judicial Service Commission on Thursday for three positions on the KZN bench. Image: RSA Judiciary
Durban’s acting regional court president, Sharon Marks, assured chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng that the “trend” of regional court magistrates in Pietermaritzburg “disappearing on Fridays” is a thing of the past.
Marks is one of eight candidates being interviewed by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) on Thursday for three positions on the KwaZulu-Natal bench.
Chief justice Mogoeng questions ConCourt candidate s friendship with Pravin Gordhan 14 April 2021 - 10:48 By Tania Broughton Chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng says minister Pravin Gordhan s question about judge Dhaya Pillay s performance during the first round of ConCourt interviews in 2016 stuck in his mind. File photo. Image: Freddy Mavunda
Chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng revealed on Tuesday that former finance minister Pravin Gordhan had approached him to ask how “his close friend” judge Dhaya Pillay had fared after she had just completed an interview for a vacancy on the Supreme Court of Appeal.
The exchange occurred in 2016, when Pillay, who sits on the KwaZulu-Natal bench, was unsuccessful for a position on the court.
“As I recall, after the completion of a cordial discussion, I, in passing, did refer to judge Pillay’s interview with the JSC. He responded and I left.
“Though, like the CJ, I cannot recall the contents of the meeting, I did not meet him to discuss judge Pillay. It was entirely incidental to the purpose of the meeting.”
Gordhan said, at that time, it was already public knowledge that judge Pillay had not been recommended for appointment to the SCA.
“As a member of the executive, I am very conscious of the fact that our democracy is based on the separation of powers and the relative independence of the judiciary, legislature and executive.
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