Provincial and Local Government Minister Sydney Mufamadi said in a statement yesterday the commission was the last of the independent constitutional institutions to be established.
It would "play an important role in nation-building", he said.
The law regulating the establishment of the commission prescribes that a selection panel should be appointed to advise the president on appointments to the commission.
This panel will consist of
-Cynthia Marivate chief executive officer of the Pan South African Language Board;
- Karthy Govender professor in the law faculty at the University of Natal, teaching constitutional and administrative law;
- Sandile Gxilishe associate professor and head of the African languages and literature section within the department of African languages and linguistics at the University of Cape Town;
-Cecil le Fleur president of the National Khoisan Consultative Conference and chairman of the Head Council of the Griqua National Conference;
-Antjie Krog Afrikaans poet and journalist;
-Cedric Mayson chairperson of the management committee of the Moral Regeneration Movement;
-Pansy Tlakula chief electoral officer of the Independent Electoral Commission; and
-Leon Wessels member of the South African Human Rights Commission.
Mufamadi said the panel's task was to shortlist candidates nominated to the commission.
The panel would submit a list of at least 26 names to the president, who would appoint the chair and 17 other members.
The selection panel would be holding its first meeting shortly, he said. – Sapa.
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