Mandisa Maya gets JSC nod for chief justice, sets out her vision for judiciary

JSC recommendation shores her up to be South Africa's first woman chief justice

21 May 2024 - 19:09 By FRANNY RABKIN

Deputy chief justice Mandisa Maya on Tuesday proposed an amendment to the constitution to deal with the crippling workload at the Constitutional Court, suggesting that its justices work in panels of three or five — instead of all of them having to decide every case, as they do now...

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