Today's Labour News

newsThis news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.

labourcourtsIOL News reports that the second day of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) interviews to fill 26 judicial vacancies in various courts closed off with Joburg Deputy Judge President Edwin Mogomotsi Molahlehi being recommended for the position of Judge President of the Labour and Labour Appeal Court.

At least 54 candidates have been shortlisted for interviews that commenced on Monday and are expected to run over eight days. Molahlehi was recommended following his interview on Tuesday. Molahlehi is a judge of the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg and Deputy Judge President of the Labour Court since October 2023. Before taking up a position in the High Court in 2017, Molahlehi spent almost a decade as judge of the Labour Court following his appointment in 2007. According to the JSC, the filling of the 26 vacancies is critical. There are vacancies at the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), while the position of Judge President of the Western Cape High Court has been vacant for an extended period of time and the post of Deputy Judge President of the KwaZulu-Natal High Court has been vacant since June last year .

  • Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sinenhlanhla Masilela at IOL News


Get other news reports at the SA Labour News home page