(1) Whether (a) a degree or a three-year diploma or (b) two years of experience at courts were advertised as criteria for the appointment to posts to run magistrates’ offices in the Free State; if so, (2) whether persons appointed at (a) Jacobsdal, (b) Petrusburg and (c) Phillipolis complied with the requirements; if not, why not; if so, what degrees, diplomas or court experience did they have?