National
Justice of the Constitutional Court
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the President of South Africa
- Exact method
- The Court has the Chief Justice, Deputy Chief Justice and nine other judges (Constitution s167(1)). Appointed by the President after the Judicial Service Commission interviews candidates and gives a list (s174(4)).
- Chosen by
- President of South Africa
- Seats
- 9
Who holds these seats now
- Kate Savage Report Source: concourt.org.za, checked
- Leona Theron Report Source: api.pmg.org.za, checked
- Nambitha Dambuza Report Source: concourt.org.za, checked
- Narandran Jody Kollapen Report Source: api.pmg.org.za, checked
- Nonkosi Zoliswa Mhlantla Report Source: api.pmg.org.za, checked
- Owen Lloyd Rogers Report Source: api.pmg.org.za, checked
- Rammaka Steven Mathopo Report Source: api.pmg.org.za, checked
- Steven Arnold Majiedt Report Source: api.pmg.org.za, checked
Sources
- gov.za · checked Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996 (gov.za), sections 46, 52, 60, 64, 86, 91, 167, 174, read 2026-10-12: sizes and how each office is filled. 2024 regional seat split from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_African_general_election (Wikipedia fallback; sums to 200). For: Justice of the Constitutional Court
- concourt.org.za · checked Constitutional Court of South Africa, Current judges (permanent justices) page, read 2026-10-12: Justice Dambuza and Justice Savage listed among the permanent justices. Start date not stated there (Wikipedia gives 1 May 2026, unconfirmed). For: Kate Savage, current term, Nambitha Dambuza, current term
- api.pmg.org.za · checked PMG member API (current flag, house, party) read 2026-10-12, with Parliament ministers page https://www.parliament.gov.za/ministers, Presiding Officers pages https://www.parliament.gov.za/na-presiding-officers and https://www.parliament.gov.za/ncop-presiding-officers, Constitutional Court judges page and gov.za leaders page https://www.gov.za/about-government/leaders: who holds each office now. President Ramaphosa re-elected by the National Assembly 14 June 2024 and sworn in 19 June 2024; Deputy President Mashatile since 7 March 2023; Speaker and Deputy Speaker elected 14 June 2024; other start dates left empty because no source was read. Fallback: Parliamentary Monitoring Group API (api.pmg.org.za/member/), because the member list on parliament.gov.za is rendered by script and blocked to automated browsers (WAF); party counts give exactly 400 once one non-member minister is excluded. For: Leona Theron, current term, Narandran Jody Kollapen, current term, Nonkosi Zoliswa Mhlantla, current term, Owen Lloyd Rogers, current term, Rammaka Steven Mathopo, current term, Steven Arnold Majiedt, current term
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