How an everyday jurist became new chief justice

The ANC has lauded Mandisa Maya’s ‘crucial role’ in the judiciary, but it is hard to see just how she has been crucial

28 July 2024 - 00:00

I hadn’t realised until I read it on Friday that from Monday Raymond Zondo will no longer be our chief justice. Apart from the fact that he seems impossibly young, there’s been something deeply reassuring about having him in office...

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