{"id":87,"date":"2026-03-18T16:20:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ccja\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:23:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:23:01","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speeches"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"87\" class=\"elementor elementor-87\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a3cdf31 e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2a3cdf31\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4284a67d e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no 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https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CCJA-Logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CCJA-Logo-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CCJA-Logo-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CCJA-Logo.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-565dcdf8 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"565dcdf8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38bda8a9 wpr-main-menu-align-center elementor-hidden-tablet wpr-main-menu-align--tabletleft wpr-main-menu-align--mobileleft 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href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/gallery\/\" class=\"wpr-menu-item wpr-pointer-item\">Gallery<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1635\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/programme\/\" class=\"wpr-menu-item wpr-pointer-item\">Programme<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2067\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/speakers\/\" class=\"wpr-menu-item wpr-pointer-item\">Speeches<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2606\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/declarations\/\" class=\"wpr-menu-item wpr-pointer-item\">Declarations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><nav class=\"wpr-mobile-nav-menu-container\"><div class=\"wpr-mobile-toggle-wrap\"><div class=\"wpr-mobile-toggle\"><span class=\"wpr-mobile-toggle-line\"><\/span><span 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class=\"wpr-mobile-menu-item\">Speeches<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2606\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/declarations\/\" class=\"wpr-mobile-menu-item\">Declarations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d54d4a5 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3d54d4a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70e82674 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"70e82674\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/?page_id=8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f39091a e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1f39091a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-381fcee0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"381fcee0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Speeches<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaab987 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eaab987\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa8dbab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa8dbab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><a style=\"color: #7a7a7a; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2nd-High-Level-Meeting-of-Women-Leaders-of-Judicial-Bodies-of-Africa.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2nd High-Level Meeting of Women Leaders of Judicial Bodies of Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #7a7a7a; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Justice_Dlamini_Sustainable_Presentation.pptx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sustainable Environment Participation and Representation &#8211;  The Judiciary&#8217;s Role in ensuring that Women Live in a Healthy Environment &#8211; Jusstice Mumcy Dlamini <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong><br><\/strong><\/h5><h5><strong>DAY 2 \u2013 Tuesday, 21 April 2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h6><strong>Session A: Mental Health, Leadership and the Judicial Burden<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"color: #7a7a7a; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ADDRESS-BY-HON-JUSTICE-SCHIMMING-CHASE-2ND-HIGH-LEVEL-MEETING-OF-WOMEN-JUDICIAL-LEADERS-OF-AFRICA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Address by hon. Lady Justice ESI Schimming-chase JA, Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Namibia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem;\"><br><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem;\">DAY 3 \u2013 Wednesday, 22 April 2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h6><strong>Official Opening Ceremony<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"color: #7a7a7a; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Opening-Address-by-Chief-Justice-of-the-Republic-of-South-Africa-22-April-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Opening Address by Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa Chief Justice Mandisa Maya<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #7a7a7a; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Welcome-Remarks-by-Justice-Nonkosi-Mhlantla-21-April-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Welcome Remarks by Justice Mhlantla<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #7a7a7a; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/REMARKS-BY-MINISTER-KUBAYI-ON-THE-OCCASION-OF-CCJ-MEETING.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Remarks by the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #7a7a7a; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/La-contribution-de-la-Cour-africaine-des-droits-de-l-homme-redaction-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The contribution of the African Court on Human and Peoples&#8217; Rights to the implementation of the Maputo Protocol &#8211; Lady Justice Chafika Bensaoula<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><strong>Session 2: Adjudicating Violence and Harassment Against Women<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"color: #7a7a7a; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hon.-JusticeGUVAVA-JA-Adjudication-of-domestic-violence.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conference Paper by the Honourable Mrs Justice A. Guvava \u2013 Judge of Appeal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><strong>Session 3: Economic Justice and Women\u2019s Empowerment<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"color: #7a7a7a; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hon.-MRS-JUSTICE-E.-C.-GWAUNZA_Zimbabwe-Justice-SA-draft-paper-DCJ-Economic-Justice-and-women-empowerment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CConference Paper by the Deputy Chief Justice of Zimbabwe &#8211; the Honourable Mrs Justice E.C. Gwaunza<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>DAY 4 \u2013 Thursday, 23 April 2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h6><strong>Session 5: Artificial Intelligence, the Digital Frontier &amp; Women\u2019s <\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"color: #7a7a7a; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Introduction-Session-5-Justice-K-Savage-_RSA-Constitutional-Court.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Session 5 Artificial Intelligence, the Digital Frontier and Women\u2019s Rights &#8211; Introductory remarks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #7a7a7a; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mozambique_A-Fronteira-Digital-Africa-do-Sul-versao-reduzida.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mozambique_A Fronteira Digital &#8211; Africa do Sul &#8211; versao reduzida<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #7a7a7a; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.org.za\/ccjawomen2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/UNSECO-Talking-Points-ES.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Talking Points &#8211; UNSECO <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64c3d9d0 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"64c3d9d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1165e73 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1165e73\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a031326 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a031326\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the event<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7799312e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7799312e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hosting this significant meeting in South Africa in April 2026 is profoundly symbolic. It connects the continent\u2019s progressive legal frameworks &#8211; the Maputo Protocol and Constitutions of various African countries \u2013 with the historic courage of women who fought for the very rights these documents protect. The 2nd High-Level Meeting of Woman Leader Judicial Officers of Africa is not merely a conference; it is a strategic convergence point to honour the past, evaluate the present, and judicially shape a more equitable future for all African women and girls.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69ffd8b e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"69ffd8b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16bfd059 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"16bfd059\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Quick links<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-640e9571 elementor-align-center 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