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Mr. Krish Govender

Curiously, Mr. Govender's acceptance of nomination is dated 6 August 2015, quite a substantial period before nomination process was declared. We can only presume that he has been keenly preparing for sometime now for the upcoming interviews. Krish has worked as a State Attorney from 1998 until 2015. His CV details an impressive struggle history and various prestigious appointments to various Governmental bodies and KZN Law Society.

Encouragingly, he recently stated at an international conference that: "the process for appointing Constitutional Court judges in South Africa – in which a list with three names more than the number of appointments to be made is recommended to the president to choose from – should also be reconsidered along with Section 174 of the Constitution, which gives the president that selection power". Govender said the system could lead to a "lottery" for potential candidates and that "the president should not be entrusted with that responsibility of appointing judges to the Constitutional Court as it compromises the separation of powers".

In 2010, he as a JSE member took on advocates that do Sate work,  appearing for the state should consider not charging their normal commercial rates. He said that "they should bear in mind that they were being paid with taxpayer's money and that the state was not a profit-making organisation like a private company". He is committed to transforming the Justice System.

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