SCA judge Dambuza-Mayosi hopes to 'add more value' to Concourt

SUPREME Court of Appeal (SCA) Judge Nambitha Dambuza-Mayosi who is vying for one of the Constitutional Court's vacant posts believes her current post will enable her to add more value to the country's apex court.

- ZELDA VENTER

She made the remarks when the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) started with its interviews to fill various vacancies in the superior courts across the country.

Dambuza-Mayosi was the first of the six candidates to take the hot seat, and her interview lasted for nearly three hours.

She has been in private practice for 12 years and has been a judge since 2005. She acted for 12 months at the Constitutional Court before she took up office as a justice at the SCA.

Dambuza-Mayosi told the panel, headed by Chief Justice Mandisa Maya, that she opted to go to the SCA rather than remain at the Concourt at that stage, as she thought it would be beneficial to her career.

"Going straight to the Constitutional Court after being a judge (in the High Court) was a bit of a culture shock to me."

She explained that working at the apex court alongside 10 other justices and the level of intrusion in the writing of judgments alongside them necessitated her getting a bit more experience.