Ramaphosa names four lawyers for JSC posts

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced four candidates to be designated to the JSC, replacing members appointed by former President Jacob Zuma, says a Daily Maverick report. He has written to the leaders of all parties represented in the National Assembly announcing his four candidates, drawn exclusively from the legal profession. They are Hlaleleni Kathleen Matolo-Dlepu, Advocates Thandazani Griffitsa Madonsela and Mikateko Joyce Maluleke as well as Doris Lebogang Tshepe. They will replace Advocates Lindi Nkosi-Thomas SC, Thandi Norman SC, Thabani Masuku SC and Sifiso Msomi – who were all designated by Zuma. Matolo-Dlepu is the present chair of the Legal Practice Council and past co-chair of the Law Society of SA where she served on the gender committee. Madonsela was Assistant State Attorney in Durban and a member of the Black Lawyers Association Durban branch. He was called to the Bar in 2001 and is a member of Advocates for Transformation and has served as AFT’s representative on the Bar Council of the KZN Society of Advocates. Madonsela has acted as a judge of the KZN High Court in 2011. Maluleke is a former director in the Gender Directorate of the Justice Department of Justice and a former special adviser to former Minister for Women, Lulu Xingwana. Tshepe is an attorney at Cheadle and Haysom and has been MD of the firm since 2006. She heads the commercial and communication law department in the firm.