Moseneke, appearing before the commission after being nominated by President Thabo Mbeki to the post of deputy chief justice, took the opportunity to say that judges needed to be trusted. "If we appoint people as judges we should trust them" - otherwise it would create unnecessary levels of tension.
Moseneke, who ironically first went to work for an Afrikaner law firm, was later one of the founder members of the Black Lawyers Association. He was also a member of the technical committee which helped draft South Africa's interim constitution. "(It was) one of my privileges... quite a special moment... a fundamental vindication of what one stood for, what one was striving for."
Moseneke said he was "minding my own business" when he was approached by Pallo Jordan on behalf of former president Nelson Mandela to help transform the business sector. He helped restructure state enterprise Telkom before being head-hunted to lead pioneering black empowerment group Nail (New Africa Investment Limited).
When Mbeki called him to offer the position of deputy chief justice, Moseneke did not hesitate in accepting.
Source: News 24.com
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