JSC – GCBSA

COMMENTS ON CANDIDATES NOMINATED FOR JUDICIAL POSITIONS:

April 2025

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Name:	Name:
Adams – Electoral Court	Harvey – Labour Court
Ford – Labour Court	Norton – Labour Court
Gandidze – Labour Court

October 2024

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Name:	Name:
Ally – Gauteng	Mankge – Mpumalanga (DJP)
Andrews – Western Cape	Mantame – Western Cape (JP)
Baartman – SCA	Mia – Land Court (DJP)
Bokako – Gauteng	Mjali – SCA
Chetty – SCA	Mkhabela SC – Gauteng
Chili – KZN (DJP)	Molahlehi – Labour Court & Labour appeal Court (JP)
Chithi – KZN	Moses – Western Cape
Coppin – SCA	Moshoana – Gauteng
Cowen – Land Court (DJP)	Msiwa SC – Mthatha
De Waal SC – Western Cape	Msiwa SC – KZN
Du Plessis – Gauteng	Ncube – Land Court (DJP)
Goliath – Western Cape (JP)	Ngobeni – Limpopo
Harrison – KZN	Nkosi – KZN (DJP)
Henriques – KZN (DJP)	Pangarker – Western Cape
Holderness – Western Cape	Parker – Western Cape
Jikela SC – KZN	Phooko – Gauteng
Khallil – Mthatha	Pitman – KZN
Khallil – KZN	Potgieter – Western Cape (JP)
Khallil – Limpopo	Ralarala – Western Cape
Khallil – Western Cape	Ratshibvumo – Mpumalanga (DJP)
Koen – SCA	Singh – KZN
Labuschagne SC – Gauteng	Sipunzi – KZN
Le Grange – Western Cape (JP)	Slingers – Western Cape (JP)
Ledwaba – Limpopo	Thulare – Western Cape (JP)
Mabindla-Boqwana – Western Cape (JP)	Thupaatlase – Gauteng
Magona-Dano – Western Cape	Van Zyl – Western Cape
Mahomed – Gauteng	Windell – SCA
Makamu – Gauteng

May 2024

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Name:	Name:
Baartman – SCA	Mjali – SCA
Coppin – SCA	Siwendu – SCA
Keightley – SCA	Smith – SCA
Koen – SCA	Unterhalter – SCA
Masipa – SCA	Windell – SCA

April 2024 (Chief Justice)

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Name:	Name:
Deputy Chief Justice Maya

April 2024 (Deputy President of the SCA)

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Name:	Name:
Chief Justice Zondo

April 2024

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Name:	Name:
Adams – Electoral Court	Mia – Land Court
Bilchitz – Constitutional Court	Matshitse – North West Division -High Court
Chaskalson – Constitutional Court	Mogwera – North West Division -High Court
Carelse – Land Court	Ncube – Land Court
Cowen – Land Court	Reddy – North West Division -High Court
Dodson – Constitutional Court	Schippers – Constitutional Court
Makgoka – Constitutional Court	Yacoob – Electoral Court
Mabesele – Electoral Court

October 2023

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Name:	Name:
Adams – Electoral Court	Mthalane – Labour Court (JHB & KZN)
Daffue – Supreme Court of Appeal	Mthombeni – Labour Court
Daniels – Labour Court JHB	Nhlangulela – Supreme Court of Appeal
Harilall – Local Division High Court KZN	Nkutha-Nkontwana – Labour Appeal Court
Hassim SC – Gauteng	Phatshoane – Supreme Court of Appeal
Kgoele – Supreme Court of Appeal	Savage – Labour Appeal Court
Lallie – Labour Appeal Court	Setiloane – Supreme Court of Appeal
Mahomed – High Court of SA Gauteng	Siwendu – Supreme Court of Appeal
Makhura – Labour Court JHB	Smart – KZN
Mali – Supreme Court of Appeal	Smith – Supreme Court of Appeal
Masipa – Supreme Court of Appeal	Strijdom SC – Gauteng
Mathenjwa – KZN Division High Court	Unterhalter – Supreme Court of Appeal
Mjali – Supreme Court of Appeal	Van Niekerk – Labour Appeal Court
Mkhabela SC – Gauteng	Wanless – Gauteng
Molahlehi – Labour Appeal Court & Labour Court	Yama – Durban
Mooki SC – Gauteng Division of the High Court	Zaca – KZN Division High Court
Moshoana – Gauteng

April 2023 (President of the SCA)

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Name:	Name:
Molemela M.B

April 2023

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Name:	Name:
Bands – Eastern Cape	Motha – Gauteng
Bokako – Gauteng	Mphahlele – High Court
Holland-Muter – Gauteng	Noko – Gauteng
Lenyai – Gauteng	Nuku – Appeal Court
Mahlangu – North West	Retief – Gauteng
Malungana – Gauteng	Solomon – Appeal Court
Manyathi – Gauteng	Stanton – Northern Cape
Mashile – High Court	Venter – Northern Cape
Mfenyana – North West	Wanless – Gauteng

October 2022

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Name:	Name:
Bezuidenhout SC – KZN	Meyer – Appeal Court
De Wet – Western Cape	Mlaba – KZN
Djaje – North West	Mocumie – Electoral Court
Flatlela – Gauteng	Mogwera – North West
Francis-Subbiah – Gauteng	Molefe – Appeal Court
Goosen – Appeal Court	Ndlokovane – Gauteng
Holland-Muter – Gauteng	Nziweni – Western Cape
Kgoele – Appeal Court	Pangarker – Western Cape
Koen – Appeal Court	Potterill – Appeal Court
Madondo – KZN	Poyo-Dlwati – KZN
Maharaj – KZN	Salie SC – Western Cape
Mahlangu – North West	Smith – Appeal Court
Makamu – Gauteng	Steyn – KZN
Makaula – Appeal Court	Swanepoel – Gauteng
Mamosebo – Electoral Court	Vally – Appeal Court
Manoim – Appeal Court	Van Aswegen – Gauteng
Mathenjwa – KZN	Weiner – Appeal Court
Matojane – Appeal Court	Wilson – Gauteng
Matshitse – North West	Zondi – Electoral Court

April 2022

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Name:	Name:
Bezuidenhout – Pietermaritzburg	Mfenyana – Gqeberha
Dodson – Concourt	Molemela – Concourt
Flatela – Gauteng	Mossop – KZN
Gani – Pietermaritzburg	Naidu – Eastern Cape
Hefer – Free State	Naude-Odendaal – Limpopo
Hendricks – North West	Nkosi – Limpopo
Hiralall – Pietermaritzburg	Noncembu – Gqeberha
Holland-Muter – Limpopo	Page – Free State
Kathree-Setiloane – Concourt	Phoswa – Pietermaritzburg
Kruger – Gqeberha	Potgieter – Gqeberha
Laing – Pietermaritzburg	Rogers – Concourt
Ledwaba – Limpopo	Tshidada – Limpopo
Madondo – KZN	Unterhalter – Concourt
Mathenjwa – Pietermaritzburg	Van Rhyn – Free State
Matojane – Concourt

January 2022 (Chief Justice)

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Name:	Name:
GCB comments on Madlanga J	GCB comments on Maya P
GCB comments on Mlambo JP	GCB comments on Zondo ACJ

October 2021

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Name:	Name:
Andrews – Western Cape	Mnguni (late)
Bam – Gauteng	Modiba – Electoral Court
Beneke – Eastern Cape	Mogale – Gauteng
Braukmann – Mpumalanga	Molemela – Concourt
Cowen – Gauteng	Moosa – Gauteng
Crutchfield – Gauteng	Mullins – Eastern Cape
De Villiers – Gauteng	Naude-Odendaal – Limpopo
Dlamini – Gauteng	Nkuna – Mpumalanga
Dodson – Concourt	Norman – Eastern Cape
Dosio – Gauteng	Nqumse – Eastern Cape
Dukada – Mthatha	Ntlama-Makhanya – Electoral Court
Dunywa – Eastern Cape	Nyati – Gauteng
Fisher – Appeal Court	Nziweni – Western Cape
Gough – Eastern Cape	Pather – Electoral Court
Govindjee – Eastern Cape	Phooko – Electoral Court
Greyling-Coetzer – Mpumalanga	Roelofse – Mpumalanga
Holland-Muter – Gauteng	Ronaansen – Eastern Cape
Kathree-Setiloane – Concourt	Rusi – Eastern Cape
Khumalo – Gauteng	Salie – Western Cape
Kollapen – Concourt	Somacala – Eastern Cape
Kooverjie – Gauteng	Strijdom – Gauteng
Kuny – Gauteng	Swanepoel – Gauteng
Laing – Eastern Cape	Thulare – Western Cape
Lamminga – Limpopo	Tiry – Electoral Court
Langa – Mpumalanga	Tshidada – Limpopo
Lekhuleni – Western Cape	Unterhalter – Concourt
Manoim – Appeal Court	Vally – Concourt
Masango – Mpumalanga	Vuma – Gauteng
Mathopo – Concourt	Wanless – Gauteng
Mfenyana – Eastern Cape
Mhlambi – Electoral Court
Millar – Gauteng

April 2021

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Name:	Name:
Basson – Gauteng	Millar – Gauteng
Bedderson – KZN	Molemela – Concourt
Carelse – Gauteng	Moosa – Gauteng
Crutchfield – Gauteng	Mossop – KZN
Daffue – Free State	Mothle – Gauteng
Dario – Gauteng	Mtati – Gauteng
De Villiers – Gauteng	Mudau – Limpopo
Dodson – Concourt	Munzhelele – Gauteng
Dukada – Eastern Cape	Naidoo – Free State
Francis – Western Cape	Nkosi – Labour Court
Gorven – KZN	Nkosi – KZN
Hack – Western Cape	Nxumalo – Northern Cape
Hockey – Western Cape	Peterson – North West
Hughes – Gauteng	Phahane – Labour Court
Kathree-Setiloane – Concourt	Phahlane – Gauteng
Koen – Gauteng	Phatshoane – Northern Cape
Kollapen – Concourt	Phatudi – Limpopo
Laing – KZN	Pillay – Concourt
Ledwaba – Concourt	Rogers – Gauteng
Ledwaba – Gauteng	Semenya – Limpopo
Lever – Northern Cape	Sibiya – KZN
Mabindla-Boqwana – Gauteng	Sievers – Western Cape
Magona-Dano – Western Cape	Snyders – Northern Cape
Mali – Gauteng	Snyman – North West
Malindi – Gauteng	Sutherland – Gauteng
Malungana – Gauteng	Thulare – Western Cape
Manoim – Gauteng	Unterhalter – Concourt
Mathopo – Concourt	Vally – Concourt
Matojane – Gauteng	Van der Merwe – Labour Court
Mbhele – Free State	Wanless – Gauteng
Mbongwe – Gauteng	Weiner – Gauteng
Meer – Concourt

April 2020

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Name:	Name:
Bedderson – KZN	Mathopo – Concourt
Brauckmann – Mpumalanga	Mogwera – KZN
Canca – Gauteng	Molemela – Concourt
Carelse – Land Claims	Mphahlele – Mpumalanga
Dambuza-Mayosi – Concourt	Ncube – KZN
Dodson – Concourt	Ndlokovane – Mpumalanga
Govindasami – KZN	Pillay – Concourt
Kgoele – Mpumalanga	Ratshibvumo – Mpumalanga
Kollapen – Concourt	Roelofse – Mpumalanga
Langa – Mpumalanga	Sardiwalla – KZN
Laubscher – North West	Topping – KZN
Mabesele – Concourt	Vally – Concourt
Mankge – Mpumalanga	Vukeya – Mpumalanga
Marks – KZN

October 2019

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Name:	Name:
Beard – Eastern Cape	Moosa – Gauteng
Da Silva – Eastern Cape	Pakati – Eastern Cape
Daniso – Free State	Ramdeyal – Free State
Davis – Western Cape	Rhyn – Free State
Dosio – Gauteng	Rugunanan – Eastern Cape
Gqamana – Eastern Cape	Senyatsi – Gauteng
Hendricks – North West	Sievers – Western Cape
Holland-Muter – Gauteng	Slingers – Western Cape
Kusevitsky – Western Cape	Strydom – Gauteng
Lushaba – Electoral Court	Thulare – Western Cape
Maier-Frawley – Gauteng	Van der Schyff – Gauteng
Makhoba – Gauteng	Wanless – Gauteng
Mdalana-Mayisela – Gauteng	Williams – Electoral Court
Mia – Gauteng	Zilwa – Eastern Cape
Millar – Gauteng

April 2019

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Name:	Name:
Basson – Concourt	Mokgohloa – Appeal Court
Dlodlo – Appeal Court	Molahlehi – Labour Court
Goliath – Concourt	Mothle – Appeal Court
Gorven – Appeal Court	Pakati – Northern Cape
Heaton-Nicholls – Appeal Court	Petse – Appeal Court
Kathree-Setiloane – Concourt	Phatshoane – Northern Cape
Kollapen – Concourt	Plasket – Appeal Court
Majiedt – Concourt	Rogers – Appeal Court
Mbatha – Appeal Court	Tshiqi – Concourt
Meyer – Appeal Court	Van Niekerk – Labour Court

October 2018

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Name:	Name:
Dippenaar – Gauteng	Neurkircher – Gauteng
Mbha – Electoral Court	Senyatsi – Gauteng
Mokose – Gauteng	Strijdom – Gauteng
Mosopa – Gauteng	Strydom – Gauteng
Musi – Free State	Yacoob – Gauteng

April 2018

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Name:	Name:
Baartman – Appeal Court	Molemela – Appeal Court
Chesiwe – Free State	Molemela – Free State
Gorven – Appeal Court	Molitsoane – Free State
Hadebe – KZN	Nkosi – KZN
Lamont – Appeal Court	Opperman – Free State
Law – KZN	Pather – Electoral Court
Lawrence – Electoral Court	Schippers – Appeal Court
Maharaj – KZN	Schoeman – Appeal Court
Makgoka – Appeal Court	Thatcher – KZN
Mbatha – Appeal Court	Topping – KZN
Meyer – Appeal Court	Tsoka – Appeal Court
Mngadi – KZN	Vally – Appeal Court
Mnguni – Appeal Court	Victor – Appeal Court

COMMENTS ON CANDIDATES NOMINATED FOR JUDICIAL POSITIONS:

April 2025

October 2024

May 2024

April 2024 (Chief Justice)

April 2024 (Deputy President of the SCA)

April 2024

October 2023

April 2023 (President of the SCA)

April 2023

October 2022

April 2022

January 2022 (Chief Justice)

October 2021

April 2021

April 2020

October 2019

April 2019

October 2018

April 2018

April 2025

October 2024

May 2024

April 2024 (Chief Justice)

April 2024 (Deputy President of the SCA)

April 2024

October 2023

April 2023 (President of the SCA)

April 2023

October 2022

April 2022

January 2022 (Chief Justice)

October 2021

April 2021

April 2020

October 2019

April 2019

October 2018

April 2018