The Constitution of South Africa is the supreme law of the Republic of South Africa. It provides the legal foundation for the existence of the republic,it sets out the rights and duties of its citizens,and defines the structure of the Government. The current constitution,the country's fifth,was drawn up by the Parliament elected in 1994 in the South African general election,1994. It was promulgated by President Nelson Mandela on 18 December 1996 and came into effect on 4 February 1997,replacing the Interim Constitution of 1993. The first constitution was enacted by the South Africa Act 1909,the longest-lasting to date. Since 1961,the constitutions have promulgated a republican form of government.
Johann Christiaan Kriegler is a retired justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
The courts of South Africa are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in South Africa. They apply the law of South Africa and are established under the Constitution of South Africa or under Acts of the Parliament of South Africa.
Johann van der Westhuizen (born 26 May 1952 in Windhoek,South West Africa is a former judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. Before his judicial appointment,he was a professor at the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law and the founding director of its Centre for Human Rights.
Dikgang Ernest Moseneke OLG is a South African judge and former Deputy Chief Justice of South Africa.
Mathole Serofo Motshekga is a South African lawyer and politician who was elected to his third consecutive term as a Member of Parliament in the 2019 general election. He formerly represented his political party,the African National Congress (ANC),as the second Premier of Gauteng.
Richard Feetham CMG (1874–1965) was a lawyer,politician and judge in South Africa. He was also the chairman of a number of high-profile international and domestic commissions.
This is a timeline of notable events in the history of lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender people in South Africa.
Sisi Virginia Khampepe is a retired judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
Raymond Mnyamezeli Mlungisi "Ray" Zondo is a South African judge who is currently serving as Chief Justice of South Africa since 2022. President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed Zondo as South Africa's new chief justice with effect from 1 April 2022. He served as acting Chief Justice from 11 October 2021,when Mogoeng Mogoeng retired,until 31 March 2022.
Dunstan Mlambo 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.
Thokozile Matilda Masipa is a judge in the Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa. She was the presiding judge in the 2014 trial of Oscar Pistorius for the killing of Reeva Steenkamp. Her verdict of not guilty of murder was later overturned on appeal.
Brian Galgut SC is a South African lawyer and former Deputy Judge President of the High Court in the Natal Provincial Division.
Pieter Emilius Streicher is a South African lawyer and retired Judge of Appeal in the Supreme Court of Appeal. He graduated with an LL.B. from the University of Pretoria in 1969 and was appointed a judge in the Transvaal Provincial Division in 1989.
John Stephen Curlewis,PC was a South African lawyer and judge who served as the Chief Justice of the Union of South Africa between 1936 and 1938.
Sir Malcolm William Searle QC was a South African jurist and Judge President of the Cape Provincial Division of the Supreme Court.
Gerhardus Jacobus Maritz KC was a South African judge who served as Judge President of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa from 1947 until 1959.
Oscar Galgut was a South African lawyer and Judge of Appeal in the Supreme Court of Appeal.
Wessel Groenewald Boshoff QC was a South African judge,Judge President of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa and Judge of Appeal.
Christoffel Frederik "Frikkie" Eloff SC was a South African judge who served as Judge President of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa from 1991 until 1998.
