Jeremiah Buti Zwelibanzi Shongwe (born 3 December 1948) is a South African jurist and former judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa.

Early life and education

Born in Pretoria, Shongwe was educated at Edendale Technical High School in

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. He obtained a B.Proc degree from

University of Zululand The University of Zululand or UNIZULU is a comprehensive tertiary educational institution north of the uThukela River in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The university has established partnerships with schools in the United States and Europe suc ...

in 1974 and was admitted as an attorney during 1979.

Career

Shongwe practised as an attorney for more than twenty years and during 2000 he acted as a judge for the first time, after which, from January 2001, he was permanently appointed at the

North Gauteng High Court The Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa is a superior court of law which has general jurisdiction over the South African province of Gauteng and the eastern part of North West province. The main seat of the division is at Pretoria, ...

in Pretoria. In 2005, he was appointed the Deputy Judge President of the same Division and in 2009 he was appointed to the

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 ...

. For two years, 2017 and 2018, he acted as the Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal. Shongwe was appointed the chairperson of the

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, in May 2014.

Honours

Shongwe was awarded an honorary LLD (Honoris Causa) from the

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during 2007.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shongwe, Jeremiah 1944 births Living people 21st-century South African judges University of Zululand alumni Judges of the Gauteng High Court Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeal (South Africa)