Having fought off rape and corruption allegations, Jacob Zuma, the President of South Africa, is no stranger to legal controversy. However, his previous woes fade into insignificance when compared with the furore created by his nomination of Judge Mogoeng Mogoeng as the next president of the Constitutional Court and Chief Justice of South Africa.

If the number of written complaints streaming into the Judicial Service Commission is anything to go by, his nominee is going to face a very tough time indeed when he undergoes a public interview in Cape Town on Saturday to determine if he is fit to hold the country's highest legal office.

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