On Tuesday, Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judge‚ Leona Theron, silenced a Judicial Service Commission (JSC) boardroom as she became emotional and fought back tears when speaking of the discrimination she had faced in the judicial system. "Yes‚ I have been a victim of racism. Yes‚ I have been a victim of sexism‚" Theron told the JSC‚ interviewing her for a Constitutional Court judge position. Of the five candidates who are being interviewed for the position‚ she is the only woman. Theron spoke of the "unsettling environment" she was met with at the SCA which left her feeling "inadequate". She recalled an incident where she asked a follow-up question of a legal counsel after a senior judge had presented a question — and the senior judge told the counsel to focus on the question he had asked and to ignore what Theron had asked.
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