Sandile Ngcobo born 1 March 1953 is former justice in the Constitutional Court of South Africa. He served as Chief Justice from 2009 to 2011. In 2017, the Southern African Public Law journal published a special issue in volume 32 of the journal under the title: “Twenty-First Century Constitutional Jurisprudence of South Africa: the Contribution of Former Chief
Phetogo Molawa is South Africa’s first black female helicopter pilot in the South African Air Force and the South African National Defence Force. She is currently a captain in the South African Air Force. In 2018 she became the first woman and the first black person to take command of a South African Air Force installation; specifically, she became the new commanding officer of
Yvonne Mokgoro born 19 October 1950 is a former justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and wife to Job Mokgoro. Contents 1Career 2Other activities 3Recognition 4References Career Mokgoro was appointed to the bench in 1994 by Nelson Mandela. Mokgoro is a board member of the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria and is the
Mogoeng Thomas Reetsang Mogoeng born 14 January 1961 is the current Chief Justice of South Africa, in office since 8 September 2011. Contents 1Early life 2Judicial career 2.1Nomination as Chief Justice 2.2Interview and appointment 3Record as Chief Justice 3.1Separation of powers 3.2Gender violence 3.3Religious views 4Head of the JSC 4.1Hlophe complaint 5Other positions and
Dunstan Mlambo born c. 1960 is Judge President of the Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa. Since 2002 he has also served as the chairperson of Legal Aid South Africa which provides legal aid to those who cannot afford it, and is a trustee of the Legal Resources Centre public interest law clinic. Contents 1Early life and education
Lieutenant General Richard Naggie Mdluli born May 1958 was the head of Police Crime Intelligence in South Africa from 2009 to 2012. He was replaced by Chris Ngcobo. He was dismissed from the South African Police Service on 17 January 2018. On 30 July 2019, Mdluli was found guilty of kidnapping and assaulting his former lover’s
Cecil Stanley Margo DSO DFC born 10 July 1915, Johannesburg, died 19 November 2000, Johannesburg was a South African Supreme Court Justice and war hero. Contents 1Family 2Early life and studies 3Military career 4Post War and Israel 5Appointment to the supreme court 5.1Aircraft accident investigations and death 6Controversies 7References 8External links Family Cecil Margo was the
xGeneral Magnus André de Merindol Malan, SSA, OMSG, SD, SM, MP 30 January 1930 – 18 July 2011 was a South African military figure and politician during the last years of apartheid in South Africa. He served respectively as Minister of Defence in the cabinet of President P. W. Botha, Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF), and Chief of
Joel Goodman Joffe, Baron Joffe, CBE 12 May 1932 – 18 June 2017 was a South African-born British lawyer and Labour peer in the House of Lords. Contents 1Life and career 2Publications 3References 4Further reading Life and career Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, to the Joffe family. His mother was born in Mandatory Palestine and his father was born
Sir Sydney Kentridge born 5 November 1922 is a South African-born former lawyer, judge and member of the English Bar. He practised law in South Africa and the United Kingdom from the 1940s until his retirement in 2013, and played a leading role in a number of the most significant political trials in apartheid-era South