Interview process for Constitutional Court halted as candidate withdraws
IN A dramatic turn, interviews for the appointment of a judge to the Constitutional Court were derailed on Tuesday, because one of the candidates withdrew after it emerged that a last-minute complaint had been filed against him with the Judicial Service Commission.Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) Justice Ronnie Bosielo’s withdrawal scuppered the entire Constitutional Court interview process, as the JSC is constitutionally required to give at least four names to President Jacob Zuma, from which list he would make his choice. There were only four candidates to be interviewed.The details of the complaint were complex and sketchy to those in the audience during Bosielo’s interview, but appeared to relate to Bosielo’s involvement in bringing his village’s community in the North West into a black economic empowerment (BEE) deal with mining company Northam, over whose mine the community has a land claim.During his interview, before he withdrew, Bosielo said his involvement was only to benefit...
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