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Supreme Court Of Appeal Of South Africa
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), formerly known as the Appellate Division, is the second-highest appellate court, court of appeal in South Africa below the Constitutional Court of South Africa, Constitutional Court. The country's apex court from 1910 to 1994, it no longer holds that position, having been displaced in constitutional matters by the Constitutional Court in 1994, and in General jurisdiction, all matters by 2013. It is located in Bloemfontein. Bloemfontein is often, and has been traditionally referred to, as the "judicial capital" of South Africa because of the court, although the Constitutional Court is based in Johannesburg. History On the creation of the Union of South Africa from four British colonies in 1910, the supreme courts of the colonies became provincial divisions of the new Supreme Court of South Africa, and the Appellate Division was created as a purely appellate court superior to the provincial divisions. It was the seat of some of the country's mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini; and it encloses Lesotho. Covering an area of , the country has Demographics of South Africa, a population of over 64 million people. Pretoria is the administrative capital, while Cape Town, as the seat of Parliament of South Africa, Parliament, is the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein is regarded as the judicial capital. The largest, most populous city is Johannesburg, followed by Cape Town and Durban. Cradle of Humankind, Archaeological findings suggest that various hominid species existed in South Africa about 2.5 million years ago, and modern humans inhabited the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schreiner JA
Oliver Deneys Schreiner MC KC (29 December 1890 – 27 July 1980), was a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa. One of the most renowned South African judges, he was passed over twice for the position of Chief Justice of South Africa for political reasons. He was later described as "the greatest Chief Justice South Africa never had". Early life Schreiner was born in Cape Town in 1890, the son of William Philip Schreiner, the Prime Minister of the Cape Colony during the Boer War, and his wife, Frances, a sister of President F. W. Reitz. The author Olive Schreiner was his aunt. Schreiner attended the Rondebosch Boys' High School, the South African College School (SACS), before going to the South African College (now the University of Cape Town), where he was the admired president of the Debating Union. An excellent student, he "could have had the Rhodes Scholarship for the asking", but understood, in the light of Rhodes's involvement in the J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Hughes (judge)
Wendy Hughes (born 28 February 1968), formerly known as Wendy Hughes-Madondo, is a South African judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal. Formerly an attorney in private practice, she was a judge of the Gauteng High Court from July 2013 until July 2021, when she was appointed to the Supreme Court of Appeal. Early life and education Hughes was born on 28 February 1968 in present-day KwaZulu-Natal. She matriculated at Wentworth Senior Secondary School in Durban and attended the University of Durban–Westville, where she completed a BProc in 1993 and an LLB in 1996. Later, in 1999, she received an advanced diploma in labour law from the Rand Afrikaans University. Career as an attorney Hughes was an articled clerk at Mlaba Makhaye and Partners in Durban between 1993 and 1995, and she was admitted as an attorney in December 1995. In 1996, she joined Kruger Ngcobo, a KwaZulu-Natal-based firm, where she worked for five years. She left to become the sole director of her own fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Mothle
Selewe Peter "Billy" Mothle (born 24 July 1956) is a South African judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal. Before his elevation to that court, he was a judge of the Gauteng High Court from January 2011 to June 2021. He rose to prominence as a lawyer in Pretoria, where he practised as an attorney until he gained admittance as an advocate in 1998. He took silk in 2008. Early life and education Mothle was born on 24 July 1956 in Lady Selborne, Pretoria in the former Transvaal. He matriculated in 1974 at Pretoria's Mamelodi High School and enrolled in legal study at the University of the North, but he was excluded after the 1976 Soweto uprising. He completed his degree at the University of South Africa, receiving a BProc in 1979. Several years later, in 1987, he completed an LLM at the Georgetown University Law Center. Legal practice Between 1980 and 1982, Mothle served his articles of clerkship at Maluleke, Seriti & Moseneke, the law offices of George Maluleke, Willie Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvonne Mbatha
Yvonne Thokozile Mbatha (born 19 July 1960) is a South African judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal. Before her appointment to the Supreme Court, she was a judge of the KwaZulu-Natal High Court from June 2011 to June 2019. She was an acting judge in the Constitutional Court between August and December 2022. Early life and education Mbatha was born on 19 July 1960 in Newcastle in the former Natal Province (present-day KwaZulu-Natal). She attended Inkamana High School in Vryheid from 1974 to 1976 and then St. Francis College in Mariannhill from 1977 until her matriculation in 1978. She completed her BProc at the University of Zululand in 1979; later, in 2021, she obtained a postgraduate diploma in maritime studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Career as an attorney Mbatha was admitted as an attorney on 28 April 1987, and she spent most of her legal career practicing in her hometown of Newcastle. During this period, she was a member of the Electoral Court during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Nicholls
Caroline Elizabeth Heaton Nicholls (born 28 November 1956) is a South African judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal. Formerly a human rights lawyer, she was a judge of the Johannesburg High Court from September 2009 until June 2019, when she was appointed to the Supreme Court of Appeal. Early life and education Nicholls was born on 28 November 1956 in present-day KwaZulu-Natal. She matriculated at St. Anne's College in 1973 and attended the University of Cape Town, where she completed a BA in 1976 and an LLB in 1978. Career as an attorney Between 1981 and 1983, Nicholls completed her articles of clerkship in the Johannesburg law offices of Priscilla Jana, a prominent human rights attorney. She was admitted as an attorney on 2 February 1984 and spent the next three decades in private practice in Johannesburg. Her practice consisted of human rights litigation, often on behalf of anti-apartheid activists, such as the defendants of the Delmas Treason Trial; later in her c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fikile Mokgohloa
Fikile Eunice Mokgohloa (born 1 June 1961) is a South African judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal. Before her elevation to that court in June 2019, she was a judge of the High Court of South Africa between November 2008 and May 2019. She joined the bench as a judge of the KwaZulu-Natal Division and moved to the Limpopo Division in January 2016, becoming Deputy Judge President in Limpopo in July 2016. Born in Pretoria, she began her career as an attorney in the former Transvaal. Early life and education Mokgohloa was born on 1 June 1961 in Pretoria in the former Transvaal. She grew up in rural Winterveld. After matriculating, she attended the University of the North West, where she completed a BJuris in 1987 and an LLB in 1990. Legal practice Mokgohloa served her articles of clerkship at Tshegofatso Monama Attorneys between 1990 and 1993. Thereafter she joined Hack, Stupel & Ross Attorneys in Pretoria as an attorney, becoming a partner in 1996. She left that firm to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashton Schippers
Ashton Schippers (born 19 June 1958) is a South African judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal. Before his elevation to that court in June 2018, he served in the Western Cape High Court from February 2013 to May 2018. He was formerly an advocate in Cape Town, where he took silk in 2004 and where he was chairperson of the bar council between 2004 and 2006. Early life and education Schippers was born on 19 June 1958. He was designated as Coloured under apartheid and grew up in a large family, one of seven siblings, in Bridgetown, Athlone on the Cape Flats of Cape Town. After matriculating at Bridgetown High School in Athlone, he enrolled at the University of the Western Cape, but he left in his second year in order to take up odd jobs to support himself. Instead, he studied part-time at the University of South Africa, where he completed a BProc in 1982 and an LLB in 1986. In later years, he completed two master's degrees: an LLM at the University of Cape Town in 1988, focusing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tati Makgoka
Tati Moffat Makgoka (born 13 February 1968) is a South African judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal. Formerly an attorney in Pretoria, he served in the Gauteng High Court from August 2009 until June 2018, when he was elevated to the Supreme Court of Appeal. He was an acting judge in the Constitutional Court in 2023. Early life and education Makgoka was born on 13 February 1968 in Moletši outside Polokwane in the former Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo Province). He matriculated at Hwiti High School and went on to the University of the North, where he completed a BProc in 1992. 30 years later, in 2021 and while serving as a judge, he also completed an LLB at the University of South Africa. Legal practice After graduating from the University of the North, Makgoka served his articles of clerkship at a firm in Pretoria. Thereafter, between 1994 and 2009, he practised as an attorney in Pretoria. He acted as a judge in the High Court of South Africa in 2007, sitting in the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baratang Mocumie
Baratang Constance Mocumie (born 10 August 1965) is a South African judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal. Before joining the Supreme Court, she was a judge of the Free State High Court from March 2008 until June 2016. She is also a judge in the Military Court of Appeal and the primary South African liaison judge to the Hague Conference on Private International Law, and she was the president of the South African chapter of the International Association of Women Judges between 2010 and 2014. She began her legal career as a prosecutor and magistrate in the North West and Gauteng provinces. Early life and education Mocumie was born on 10 August 1965 in Warrenton in the Northern Cape. Both of her parents were teachers, although her mother had begun her career as a domestic worker. After attending high school in Warrenton, Mocumie matriculated from St. Paul's High School in Taung and attended the University of Zululand, where she completed a BJuris in 1988. As a student in 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nambitha Dambuza
Nambitha Dambuza (born 31 October 1964) is a South African judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal. A former attorney, she sat in the Eastern Cape High Court from 2005 until her appointment to the Supreme Court in June 2015. Early life and career Born on 31 October 1964 in King Williams Town, Dambuza matriculated at St John's College in Mthatha in the former Cape Province. She read law at the University of Natal, where she completed a BProc and an LLB in 1987 and 1989 respectively, and completed her articles at Nzimande and Mbuli, a law firm in Durban. After completing an LLM at Tulane University in New Orleans, she returned to South Africa in 1992 to begin work as a practicing attorney. Judicial career Eastern Cape High Court: 2003–2015 In April 2003, Dambuza was appointed as an acting judge in the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa. After two years in an acting capacity, she was permanently appointed to the bench, where she served until 2015. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Ponnan
Visvanathan Ponnan (born 17 August 1960) is a South African judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal. He joined the Gauteng High Court in 2001 and was elevated to the Supreme Court of Appeal in December 2004. Before that, he practised as an advocate in Durban between 1985 and 2001. Early life and education Ponnan was born on 17 August 1960 in Durban. He matriculated at Gandhi Desai Secondary School and went on the University of Durban–Westville, where he completed a BA in 1982 and an LLB in 1984. Legal practice He was admitted as an advocate of the High Court of South Africa in 1985 and practised at the Durban Bar for the next 16 years. During that time, between 1995 and 1998, he served on the Judge White Commission, which was established by President Nelson Mandela to investigate the administration of the former TBVC states. He was also a commissioner of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration between 2000 and 2001, and he was an acting judge in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |