Related Research Articles
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA),formerly known as the Appellate Division,is the second-highest court of appeal in South Africa below the 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 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.
Sir John Gilbert Kotzé KC was a South African jurist.
The University of Pretoria Faculty of Law was established in 1908. It consists of six academic departments,six centres,two law clinics,and the Pretoria University Law Press (PULP). This faculty ranked best in Africa for the fourth year in a row with leading Departments of Jurisprudence;Mercantile Law;Private Law;Procedural Law;Public Law;and Centre for Human Rights. The faculty offers the undergraduate LLB degree,and postgraduate LLM/MPhil and LLD/PhD degrees.
The Electoral Court is a South African court that oversees the Electoral Commission (EC) and the conduct of elections. It was established by the Electoral Commission Act,1996 to replace a Special Electoral Court which oversaw the 1994 elections,and has status similar to that of a division of the High Court.
Jacob Abraham Jeremy de Villiers was a judge of the Appellate Division from 1920 to 1932 and Chief Justice of South Africa from 1929 to 1932.
Zukisa Laura Lumka Tshiqi is a South African judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. She formerly served in the Supreme Court of Appeal from December 2009 until October 2019,when President Cyril Ramaphosa elevated her to the Constitutional Court. She was a practising attorney until she was first appointed to the bench in the Gauteng High Court in 2005.
Mahomed Solomon Navsa is a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa and its Acting Deputy President in 2015.
Louis Theodor Christian Harms is a South African former deputy president of the Supreme Court of Appeal and Professor Extraordinary for Intellectual Property Law at the University of Pretoria.
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.
Khayelihle Kenneth Mthiyane SC was a South African jurist,judge and deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa.
Xola Mlungisi Petse is a South African judge who has been the Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal since 2019. A former attorney,he joined the Supreme Court as a puisne judge in June 2012. Before that,he was a judge of the Eastern Cape High Court from July 2005 to May 2012.
Josephus Johannes Francois "Joos" Hefer is a South African judge and former Acting President of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa.
Jacques Theodore van Wyk KC was a South African judge and Judge President of the Cape Provincial Division of the Supreme Court from 1973 until 1975.
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.
Selewe Peter "Billy" Mothle 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.
Fikile Eunice Mokgohloa 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.
Tati Moffat Makgoka 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.
Aubrey Phago Ledwaba is South African judge who is currently serving as the Deputy Judge President of the Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa. Formerly a practising attorney in Gauteng,he joined the bench as a puisne judge in November 2005 and was elevated to his leadership position in July 2013. He was an acting judge in the Constitutional Court in 2019 and an acting judge in the Supreme Court of Appeal between 2020 and 2021.
References
- 1 2 "Heads of Courts" (PDF). African Law Review. 1 (3): 31. 2018.
- ↑ "Supreme Court of Appeal: History". www.supremecourtofappeal.org.za. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ↑ Grootes, Stephen. "Shongwe to chair Electoral Court". ewn.co.za. Retrieved 5 March 2021.