A TIGHT race is expected for two vacancies on the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) as the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) begins interviews on Monday, with six contenders.Surprises are not unusual when it comes to the JSC, but in this round the front-runners, according to legal sources, are Eastern Cape High Court Judge Nambitha Dambuza, KwaZulu-Natal High Court Judge Trevor Gorven and Johannesburg High Court Judge Rammaka Mathopo.BDLive is publishing online on Monday a package of stories on judicial appointments. One takes you through who is in the running for the two SCA posts.The SCA is the second-highest court of appeal in SA, and this time three of the contenders include a judge whose judgment is one of the reasons the General Council of the Bar has applied to have struck from the roll three of the National Prosecuting Authority’s most senior staff. Others are a judge who ordered that the "spy tapes" central to President Jacob Zuma’s sidestepping corruption charges be released t...
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