EUSEBIUS McKAISER | The JSC should tell us whether white men must stop applying
Race and gender are important for candidacy, but with the likes of David Unterhalter require a more nuanced approach
06 October 2021 - 07:16
It is grossly unacceptable for the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to be so coy about what the criteria genuinely are for eligibility to be elected as a Constitutional Court judge. More precisely, the JSC must be blunt about any exclusionary threshold requirements so potential candidates do not waste their time throwing names into a hat from which theirs could never be drawn...
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