# Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development chairperson, Xola Nqola, has welcomed the appointment of Justices Nambitha Dambuza-Mayosi and Katharine Savage to the Constitutional Court. The judges will take up their positions on 1 May 2026 following consultations with Chief Justice Mandisa Maya and political parties. Nqola says both bring extensive legal and judicial experience and their appointment advances transformation and gender parity in the judiciary. He praised president Cyril Ramaphosa for strengthening South Africa’s apex court.
Parliament welcomes Constitutional Court appointments