Chris Oxtoby

[Hard Pass Ventures @HardPassVenture]

The Wright Brothers came through my VC office in 1903.

Said trains weren't enough. Said someday ordinary people would fly across oceans.

I asked a simple question:

"Why would I ever need to go to Italy?"

Silence.

No founder-market fit. No defensibility. Two bike shop operators attacking an industry they knew nothing about.

Hard pass on this so-called "airplane."

[Ryan Cummings @Pol_Sec_Analyst]

Thirty years apart, Salma Hayek still looks good posing with a snake

[RSAJudiciary @OCJ_RSA]

Following deliberations, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has resolved to advise the President to appoint the following candidates to fill the three (3) vacancies in the Supreme Court of Appeal:

Judge T V Norman
Judge B Vally
Judge L Windell

#JSCInterviews #OCJ_RSA #JudiciaryRSA

[RSAJudiciary @OCJ_RSA]

Media Advisory

Schedule for the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) interviews to fill various judicial vacancies in the Superior Courts, taking place from 13 to 17 April 2026.

#JSCInterviews #OCJ_RSA #JudiciaryRSA

[Nicole Fritz @Nicole_Fritz]

You don’t mean that the esteemed ad hoc parliamentary committee allowed a corruption accused to pull a fast one?

[Judges Matter @WhyJudgesMatter]

It is now nearly five full months since the Judicial Service Commission interviewed and recommended five judges for President Cyril Ramaphosa to select two for appointment to the Constitutional Court. The president has not yet made these appointments.

This leaves the highest court in the land to hobble along without a full complement of 11 permanent judges for the tenth year in a row. Research from the University of Cape Town shows that this is one of the causes of the court’s declining performance over the last decade. So why has the president not acted? Read our article: https://t.co/cXcttiyIxJ

#JudgesMatter #ConstitutionalCourt #SouthAfrica

[Jonathan Berger @Jon_M_Berger]

Happy JSC Recommendations Day to all who celebrate.

[Redi Tlhabi @RediTlhabi]

My immediate reaction is that this was not Trump, and a good impersonator was just joking. But I it is truly worrying that the nation is even debating the plausibility of it being Trump; that it is not immediately dismissed as a joke because they know the character of the man.

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Send them a teams meeting link and finish them off

[Jonathan Berger @Jon_M_Berger]

On Sunday, it'll be four months since this recommendation was made. And the vacancies have yet to be filled. I give up.

[Franny Rabkin @franstaar]

I would love to be a fly on the wall when this JCT decision comes before the JSC for consideration.

[Jonathan Berger @Jon_M_Berger]

And we wait and we wait and we wait for the President to make a decision on who will fill the two vacancies on the Constitutional Court.

[Karyn Maughan @karynmaughan]

Former ID head Hermione Cronje is describing how then NPA head Menzi Simelane ordered her to withdraw a historic asset preservation case. The NPA had obtained a freezing order in the matter.
Simelane will be interviewed for the NDPP position right after her.

[anointed by Pius Langa 🌹 @dansmywholename]

There’s too much going on in this country. Too many parallel processes dealing with the same allegations. It seems like an effort to “flood the zone with shit” so that the truth never really gets found out.

[anointed by Pius Langa 🌹 @dansmywholename]

The Chief Justice giving Lesufi a tongue lashing for being late for “more than two times”, says “you always keep us waiting”. 😭😭😭 so embarrassing

[Pierre de Vos ⚖️ @pierredevos]

These cases - all heard by the Con Court in 2024 - are still awaiting judgment. The longest is now outstanding for close to 18 months, while most of the others are outstanding for close to a year. Incomprehensible. @ConCourtSA

[Dan Corder 📺 @DanCorderOnAir]

Government wastes R450m on a nonsense chat, but can’t get its act together to get the commission of inquiry into police corruption together on time. Or they can, but they’d rather not

[Karyn Maughan @karynmaughan]

So the justice department’s press conference - which is meant to address the Madlanga Commission statement that it can’t start because the department promised to procure certain “vital infrastructure” but didn’t - is yet to start.
It’s currently 30 minutes late.
Unserious.

[RSAJudiciary @OCJ_RSA]

14 August 2025

Judicial vacancies: Shortlisted candidates – Constitutional Court