Mahomed Solomon Navsa (born 24 May 1957) is a judge of the

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and its Acting Deputy President in 2015."Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeal"
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Early life

Navsa was born in 1957 in

Edenvale, Gauteng Edenvale is a small city on the East Rand in Gauteng, South Africa. It is part of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. It lies about halfway between the O.R. Tambo International Airport and the Johannesburg city centre and is located 12 k ...

. He studied at the

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, where he obtained a BA degree in 1978 and an

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degree in 1980. He was heavily involved in setting up and running the community law clinic.

Career

Navsa was admitted to the

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in 1981 and subsequently took up employment at the

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for fourteen years. He was director of the Johannesburg office from 1990 to 1994. In September 1994 he was granted senior counsel and shortly thereafter was appointed as an Acting Judge of the Supreme Court. Navsa was appointed to the bench in the Transvaal Division of the Supreme Court on 1 July 1995. He was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of Appeal with effect from 9 December 2000 and acted as

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judge during 2008. During 2015, Navsa acted as the deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal.

References

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