President Cyril Ramaphosa’s advisory panel, led by Navi Pillay and tasked with recommending who should be the next chief justice, will meet before the first deadline in a novel approach to identifying candidates.

On Thursday, acting spokesperson in the presidency Tyrone Seale said the panel was due to hold a planning meeting before Friday’s deadline for public nominations for top judge...

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