Maya gets JSC approval for Chief Justice position
Thirty years after the dawn of democracy, a female Chief Justice heading the Constitutional Court is a possibility. This comes as the Judicial Service Commission has resolved to recommend to President Cyril Ramaphosa that Deputy Chief Justice Mandisa Maya be appointed to the position of Chief Justice . Maya has highlighted the need for an impartial judiciary.
In addition, she forms part of the team which is developing a sexual harassment policy for the judiciary which is set to have its first tribunal investigating allegations of this nature against a top judge of the Eastern Cape division, Judge President Selby Mbenenge. Maya sought to outline the challenges facing the judiciary – among them the lack of Judges. Maya called for the appointment of more Judges.
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