Home›Modern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle East›Southern Africa›All Southern AfricaBrowse ByAll Southern AfricaSouthern Africa gathers the modern Chief Justices and senior constitutional judges of South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Eswatini and Lesotho. South Africa's own Constitutional Court, founded in 1994 under Nelson Mandela's first bench, anchors the group and dominates its membership, from the court's inaugural justices through its pre-1994 Appellate Division predecessors to its sitting members, alongside the smaller but long-established apex courts of its Commonwealth southern African neighbors.FactsAll Southern AfricaSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedJudges of Southern African constitutional and supreme courts, exemplified by the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the apex court in the South African judicial system. 1Formation YearWell-attested1994 CE 1All Southern AfricaFilter Results49 entriesRoleAll21st Chief Justice of South Africa (1)Botswana judge (1)Botswana lawyer and judge (1)Cape lawyer and judge (1)Chief Justice (1)Chief Justice of Botswana, 2010 to 2018 (1)Chief Justice of South Africa (2)Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Namibia (1)Former Chief Justice of South Africa (1989-1996) (1)Former judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa (1)Judge (4)Judge and Chief Justice (3)Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa (2)Jurist (2)Jurist and former Deputy Chief Justice of South Africa (1)Jurist and lawyer (1)Jurist from Lesotho (1)Justice of the Constitutional Court (1)Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa (1)Lawyer and judge (2)Lawyer and jurist (1)Lawyer, judge, politician, writer, and human rights activist (1)Politician and judge (1)Politician, lawyer, and judge (1)Retired judge (3)Retired South African judge (4)Yoruba Nigerian jurist and a Chief Justice of Botswana (1)Nationality or JurisdictionAllBotswana (1)Motswana (3)Namibia (1)Nigerian (1)South Africa (2)South African (34)Swazi (1)Legal SystemAllLaw of Botswana (4)Law of Eswatini (1)Law of Lesotho (1)Law of Namibia (1)Law of Nigeria (1)South African Law (38)Field of LawAllCivil / Private Law (2)Commercial and Business Law (3)Common Law (1)Constitutional Law (13)Criminal Law (5)Human Rights Law (8)International Law (1)Labor and Employment Law (2)Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence (3)GenderAllFemale (8)Male (41)Court Served OnAllConstitutional Court of South Africa (22)High Court of South Africa (3)Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (4)Supreme Court of Nigeria (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 49Akinola AgudaModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle EastAlbert van der Sandt CentlivresModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle EastAlbie SachsModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle EastArthur ChaskalsonModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle EastBess NkabindeModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle EastBheki MaphalalaModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle EastDikgang MosenekeModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the 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NgcoboModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle EastSisi KhampepeModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle EastSteven MajiedtModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle EastTerence RannowaneModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle EastThembile SkweyiyaModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle EastUnity DowModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle EastWilliam Henry SolomonModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle EastYvonne MokgoroModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle EastZak YacoobModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle EastZukisa TshiqiModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle EastSources1. Constitutional Court of South Africa (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaConstitutional Court of South Africa, lead sectionThe Constitutional Court of South Africa is the supreme constitutional court established by the Constitution of South Africa, and is the apex court in the South African judicial system.Constitutional Court of South Africa, establishment year sentenceThe court was established in 1994 under the Interim Constitution of 1993, with its first session beginning in February 1995.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.