The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is re-advertising a vacant position on the Constitutional Court after the interview process was brought to halt last year when one of the candidates withdrew. The position became vacant a year ago when Justice Johann van der Westhuizen retired. On Thursday the JSC announced that it was inviting nominations to fill the vacancy. In October, Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) Justice Ronnie Bosielo’s withdrawal scuppered the interview process because the JSC is constitutionally required to give at least four names to President Jacob Zuma, from which list he will make his choice. There were only four candidates to be interviewed. The other Constitutional Court candidates to be interviewed at the time were Steven Majiedt and Malcolm Wallis, and Gauteng High Court judge Jody Kollapen. The JSC has decided to fill only one vacancy, despite there being two vacancies in the Constitutional Court. The other position arose when Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Mosene...
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