INTERVIEWS to fill vacancies on the bench got under way in Cape Town on Monday with the Judicial Service Commission leaving open a position in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court, after three candidates — two senior counsel and a professor of constitutional law — failed to garner a majority of votes.Speaking to the media afterwards, JSC spokesman Dumisa Ntsebeza SC said one of the concerns for the commission was the lack of gender representivity on the KwaZulu-Natal High Court.There were also concerns about candidates’ lack of experience in criminal law cases during their acting stints.Although it was an all-male shortlist, it was originally viewed as a strong one. But all three candidates — University of KwaZulu-Natal Professor Karthy Govender, and silks Ian Topping and Fazal Moola — also faced tough questions about their professional lives.JSC commissioner and EFF leader Julius Malema closely questioned Govender about his role in the 2008 scandal at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s law ...
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