The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has recommended that Judge Mandisa Maya, President of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), be appointed as South Africa’s first female Chief Justice after some thought. Judge Maya was interviewed alongside three other contenders for the position: Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, Constitutional Court Judge Mbuyiseli Madlanga, and President of the Gauteng High Court Dunstan Mlambo. Former Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng stepped down in October 2021, leaving the Constitutional Court’s highest post vacant. When Judge Mandisa Maya was quizzed for the Chief Justi…