Part 7: The Xolobeni Judgement: Interview with Judge AJ Basson
Channel: John G I Clarke
Date: 2019-09-13

When the Amadiba Coastal Residents heard that Judge Annali Basson had pushed the legal envelope by awarding them their application for a declaratory order that affirmed their #Right2SayNO to mining, they were ecstatic.  That happened in November 2018. 

They didn't know that she would be nominated as a candidate to fill a vacancy on the Constitutional Court shortly thereafter. 

It is extremely unusual for a sitting judge to engage in public discussion about their judgements.  But given the exceptional circumstance of having to answer probing questions from members of the Judical Services Commission, the Baleni vs Minister of Minerals judgement was likely to come up.

It did.  It became the main plank in her platform to convince the JSC (and ultimately the President) that she was worthy of appointment to the apex court.  

Thanks to "Judges Matter" (see www.judgesmatter.co.za) this is an 30 minute edit of the video footage of the two hour interview, focusing on her responses to questions about the Xolobeni Judgement.