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South Africa: First female appointed president of South Africa's Supreme Court
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Jacob Zuma on Monday announced the appointment of Judge Mandisa Maya as South Africa's first female president of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA).
Maya who served as deputy president of the court replaces Judge Lex Mpati who retired in 2016.
"President Jacob Zuma has, in terms of Section 174(3) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, nominated Madam Justice Mandisa Muriel Lindelwa Maya as the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal," said an official announcement.
Maya began her career as an attorney's clerk in Mthatha in 1987. She went on to become a court interpreter, prosecutor, state law advisor, a law lecturer and a practising advocate.
She also served as acting judge of the High Court in Cape Town and the Mthatha High Court in 1999 and has also worked in the Supreme Court of Namibia and the Appeal Court in Lesotho. She was appointed a full time judge in 2000.
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Maya who served as deputy president of the court replaces Judge Lex Mpati who retired in 2016.
"President Jacob Zuma has, in terms of Section 174(3) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, nominated Madam Justice Mandisa Muriel Lindelwa Maya as the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal," said an official announcement.
Maya began her career as an attorney's clerk in Mthatha in 1987. She went on to become a court interpreter, prosecutor, state law advisor, a law lecturer and a practising advocate.
She also served as acting judge of the High Court in Cape Town and the Mthatha High Court in 1999 and has also worked in the Supreme Court of Namibia and the Appeal Court in Lesotho. She was appointed a full time judge in 2000.
-0- PANA CU/AR 6Mar2017
