Lesotho High Court selects 14 candidates for eight judge posts
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sunday Express
Lesotho’s Judicial Service Commission has shortlisted 14 candidates for eight vacant High Court judge positions, including five serving acting judges. Interviews are scheduled for 23 and 24 November 2026, following the selection at the commission’s 351st meeting on 29 October, the Sunday Express reports.
The Lesotho Judicial Service Commission has shortlisted 14 candidates for interviews to fill eight vacant High Court judge positions, the Sunday Express reports. The interviews will be held in public on 23 and 24 November 2026, after being moved from 4 and 5 November.
The list includes five acting judges: Manapo Motebele, Sekake Malebanye, Tsebang Putsoane, Palesa Rantara and Tšooana Lesaoana. It also includes the Registrar of the High Court and Court of Appeal, ‘Mathato Sekoai, and former Ombudsman Tlotliso Polaki. The 14 candidates were selected from 20 people who were nominated or applied.
The Judicial Service Commission, which published the list after its 351st meeting on 29 October, opened applications on 19 August. The candidates will be assessed in interviews before the eight permanent judges are appointed.
