Published in Mail & Guardian on 18 Aug 2011

110818mg - Nominee Mogoeng as Chief Justice - The Answer to Zuma's Judicial Prayers

Description & Background

Jacob Zuma nominates Mogoeng Mogoeng for next Chief Justice over the more experienced Deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke. While Moegang spent eight years as judge president of the North West High Court, he has only been at the Constitutional Court since 2009.

People in the cartoon

Mogoeng Mogoeng •Dikgang Moseneke •Jacob Zuma

Tags

Chief Justice selection •Zuma nomination •Concourt contenders • Lapdog judge

Text in the cartoon

Mogoeng- WHO'S a Good Chief Justice!
Moseneke - Experience - Qualifications - Heavy weight judgments

Links

• New Chief Justice Mogoeng, the answer to Zuma's judicial prayers
• President challenged over latest nomination for chief justice
• ‘Zuma wrong on chief justice’: legal expert
• More fallout over Zuma’s nomination
• Why Zuma chose Mogoeng Mogoeng
• Zuma picks Mogoeng as chief justice
• Zuma's worst decision?
• The ConCourt contenders
• Deputy chief justice 'overlooked'

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