Related Research Articles
Mahikeng,formerly known as Mafikeng and alternatively known as Mafeking,is the capital city of the North West province of South Africa.
Roelof Frederik "Pik" Botha,was a South African politician who served as the country's foreign minister in the last years of the apartheid era,the longest-serving in South African history. Known as a liberal within the party,Botha served to present a friendly,conciliatory face on the regime,while criticised internally. He was a leading contender for the leadership of the National Party upon John Vorster's resignation in 1978,but was ultimately not chosen. Staying in the government after the first non-racial general election in 1994,he served under Mandela as Minister of Mineral and Energy Affairs from 1994 to 1996.
LourensWepener Hugo "Laurie" Ackermann is a South African retired judge who served on the Constitutional Court of South Africa from 1994 to 2004. Appointed to the inaugural court by Nelson Mandela,he is best known for his jurisprudence on dignity. He was formerly an academic,a practising advocate,and a judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa.
The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services is the justice minister in the government of South Africa. He is the political head of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJCD),the Department of Correctional Services (DCS),and the Office of the Chief Justice. DoJCD is responsible for administrative support to the courts,oversight of the National Prosecuting Authority,the provision of legal services to departments of state,and law reform;and DSC is responsible for prisons and community corrections programmes.
Eugene Alexander de Kock is a former South African Police colonel,torturer,and assassin,active under the apartheid government. Nicknamed "Prime Evil" by the press,De Kock was the commanding officer of C10,a counterinsurgency unit of the SAP that kidnapped,tortured,and murdered numerous anti-apartheid activists from the 1980s to the early 1990s. C10's victims included members of the African National Congress.
Jeffrey Thamsanqa "Jeff" Radebe is a South African politician who was last appointed as Minister of Energy by Cyril Ramaphosa on 26 February 2018. He served in the government of South Africa as Minister in the Presidency from 2014 to 2018. Previously he was Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development from 2009 to 2014. Radebe was South Africa's longest continuously serving cabinet member post-1994,having been part of every national administration from 1994 until the 2019 election.
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.
Mohamed Enver Surty is a South African politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Basic Education in the cabinet of President Cyril Ramaphosa from 2009 till 2019. He is a member of the African National Congress.
Tholakele Hope "Tholie" Madala was a judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa between October 1994 and October 2008. He was appointed to the court by Nelson Mandela upon the court's inception. Before that,he practised as a human rights lawyer in the Transkei,taking silk in 1993,and served briefly in the Mthatha Supreme Court in 1994. He retired from the bench in 2008.
Johann Vincent van der Westhuizen is a South African who served on the Constitutional Court of South Africa from February 2004 to January 2016. He was a professor of law at the University of Pretoria from 1980 to 1999,when he joined the bench as a judge of the High Court of South Africa.
Pius Nkonzo LangaSCOB was Chief Justice of South Africa from June 2005 to October 2009. Formerly a human rights lawyer,he was appointed as a puisne judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa upon its inception in 1995. He was the Deputy Chief Justice of South Africa from November 2001 until May 2005,when President Thabo Mbeki elevated him to the Chief Justiceship. He was South Africa's first black African Chief Justice.
Dikgang Ernest Moseneke OLG is a South African jurist and former Deputy Chief Justice of South Africa.
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development is the justice department of the South African government. The department provides administrative and financial support to the court system and the judiciary,oversees the National Prosecuting Authority,provides legal advice and representation to organs of state,and facilitates law reform.
Cassel Mathale is a South African politician who was the third Premier of Limpopo between March 2009 and July 2013. He is currently the Deputy Minister of Police in the South African government and before that was Deputy Minister of Small Business Development from February 2018 to May 2019.
This is a timeline of notable events in the history of lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender people in South Africa.
Boervolk Radio presented by the Transvaal Separatists,is an internet-only radio station based in Kempton Park,South Africa.
Ohm Collins Chabane was a South African Minister of Public Service and Administration. At the age of 17,he went into exile and joined the African National Congress (ANC) underground military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Chabane also went to Angola for military training in 1980,and began work underground in 1981.
Gratitude Bulelani Magwanishe is a South African politician and lawyer,who is the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services. He is a former Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry and has been a member of parliament for the African National Congress since 1999.
Munyadziwa Alpheus Netshimbupfe was a South African politician,lawyer,and Venda traditional leader. He represented the African National Congress in the National Assembly from 1994 to 1999,and he was the chief (khosi) of Tshimbupfe in Limpopo from 1991 until his death in 2013.
Tendamudzimu Robert Ratshitanga was a South African activist,politician and writer,best known for his poetry in Tshivenda. Formerly an anti-apartheid activist in the Venda bantustan,he represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly for a brief period after 1994 before joining the civil service. He was a local councillor in Vhembe when he died in 2010.
References
- ↑ "Biographical Notes: Minister Tshililo Michael Masutha". Department of Justice and Constitutional Development.
- ↑ "DA chief whip accused of disability discrimination". ENCA. 6 November 2015.
- ↑ "Profile of Adv Minister TM Masutha". Department of Justice & Constitutional Development, SOuth Africa.
| Louis Botha |  | |
|---|---|---|
| J. B. M. Hertzog | ||
| Jan Smuts | ||
| Hendrik Verwoerd | ||
| B. J. Vorster | ||
| P. W. Botha | ||
| Nelson Mandela | ||
| Thabo Mbeki | ||
| Kgalema Motlanthe | ||
| Jacob Zuma | ||
| Cyril Ramaphosa | ||
  | This South African biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |