The retirement age of judges was raised. Judges now retire at the age of 70 years and while a number of them were appointed with a retirement age of 72 years – I will not describe this group as a dying breed – the retirement age has now been fixed at 70 years. We have an anomalous and undesirable position that District Court judges are required to retire at 65 years, unless their contracts are extended on an annual basis until the age of 70 years. It should be unequivocal and clear to judges that they will hold their jobs until the day they retire. There should not be two categories of judges, in one of which judges are the subject of an annual review as to whether they are still compos mentis or functioning in a proper way.