Harold Joseph Hanson 9 August 1904 – 17 February 1973 was an eminent South African advocate (QC) and Senior Member of the Johannesburg Bar Council. Contents 1Early life 2Legal career 3Family 4Notes 5References Early life Harold Hanson was born in Johannesburg, son of Ralph Hanson, a Rand pioneer and Clara Lewis. He was educated
Richard Joseph Goldstone born 26 October 1938 is a South African former judge. After working for 17 years as a commercial lawyer, he was appointed by the South African government to serve on the Transvaal Supreme Court from 1980 to 1989 and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa from 1990 to
Abraham Louis Fischer 23 April 1908 – 8 May 1975 was a South African lawyer of Afrikaner descent, notable for anti-apartheid activism and for the legal defence of anti-apartheid figures, including Nelson Mandela at the Rivonia Trial. Following the trial he was himself put on trial accused of furthering communism. He was sentenced to life
Johannes Christiaan de Wet 1912–1990 was South Africa’s most influential jurist and teacher of law. Contents 1Biography 2Academic work 3References 4Footnotes Biography Born as a farmer’s son in the Orange Free State, he studied law at Stellenbosch, attaining doctorates there and in Leiden. After World War II forced him to return to South Africa in 1942, he taught law
Christiaan Rudolf de Wet 7 October 1854 – 3 February 1922 was a Boer general, rebel leader and politician. Born on the Leeuwkop farm, in the district of Smithfield in the Boer Republic of the Orange Free State, he later resided at Dewetsdorp, named after his father, Jacobus Ignatius de Wet. Rudyard Kipling’s 1903 poem Ubique mentions de Wet. De Wet was a close personal friend
Pierre Francois de Vos born 29 June 1963 is a South African constitutional law scholar. Contents 1Early life 2Career 3Political views 4Other writing 5Publications 5.1Fiction 5.2Non-fiction 5.3Recent academic articles 6References Early life De Vos was born in Messina, Transvaal, (now Musina, Limpopo) and matriculated from Pietersburg High School in Pietersburg (now known as Polokwane). His sister, Anne-Marie, is a well-known advocate. He
Jacobus Hercules de la Rey 22 October 1847 – 15 September 1914, better known as Koos de la Rey, was a South African military officer who served as a Boer general during the Second Boer War. De la Rey also had a political career and was one of the leading advocates of Boer independence. Contents 1Early life 2Marriage 3Military
Herbert William Garnet de la Hunt GCOB 25 August 1933 – 28 April 2014 served as the Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts of South Africa, as well as the Vice-Chairman of the Africa Scout Committee, and was the first South African to be elected to the World Scout Committee, a member from 1996 to
Pieter Arnoldus “Piet” Cronjé 4 October 1836 – 4 February 1911 was a South African Boer general during the Anglo-Boer Wars of 1880–1881 and 1899–1902. Biography, Born in the Cape Colony but raised in the South African Republic, Cronjé made his reputation in the First Boer War, besieging the British garrison at Potchefstroom. He had a distinctive appearance, being short with a black
Beric John Croome 23 May 1960 – 22 April 2019 was a chartered accountant, Advocate of the High Court of South Africa and one of South Africa’s tax law scholars. Contents 1Research interests 2Awards and honours 3The Dr Beric Croome Post-Graduate Scholarship in Tax Law 4Works 5Personal life 6Death 7References 8External links Research interests Croome’s doctoral thesis dealt with issues