JSC kicks off interviews for various Constitutional Court positions

THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC), which started with its interviews yesterday to fill various vacancies in the superior courts across the country, kicked off with interviewing candidates for the two positions open at the Constitutional Court.

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First of the six candidates to take the hot seat, gunning for the apex court, was Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) Justice Nambitha Dambuza-Mayosi, 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.