The rejection of recommendations of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), without giving any reasons, by the Presidency has led to crisis in the judiciary. Five magistrates recommended for appointment to the post of Magistrate Grade I, D2 for Special Traffic Courts after rigorous interviews and assessment for suitability by JSC in 2014 were rejected for unknown reasons. But a subsequent comment from OP gave a hint, when Khama's office inquired why practising magistrates could not be promoted into the positions instead of an external recruitment process of advertising posts and interviews. Unknown to him, all magistrates holding lower positions did not qualify to be promoted as they lacked the minimum requirement of two years’ experience at Grade II level for the 10 senior magistrate posts, which were to become available in special traffic courts in Lobatse, Maun, Francistown, Selibe-Phikwe, Palapye, Mochudi, Gaborone, Jwaneng and Hukuntsi. Hence, the JSC had opted for the external recruitment outside the magistracy. Of the six candidates the JSC had recommended for appointment by Khama as Magistrates Grade I for the Traffic Courts, only one candidate namely Kelebogile Matlhodi’s recommendation was approved. The recommendations for the appointment of the other five candidates were rejected for various…