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PRESIDENT MANDISA MURIEL LINDELWA MAYA

 

AGE AND GENDER:       African female, 57 years of age

CURRENT POSITION:   President of the Supreme Court of Appeal, 2017 to date

QUALIFICATIONS:       B.Proc (University of Natal); LLM (Duke University, Carolina, United States of America)

 

 

PREVIOUS JUDICIAL POSITIONS:

  • Judge, Eastern Cape Division of the High Court, Mthatha2000;
  • Acting Judge, Labour Courts2004;
  • Acting Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal,2005;
  • Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal,2006;
  • Acting Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Namibia,2008;
  • Acting Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa,2012;
  • Acting Judge of Appeal, Appeal Court of Lesotho,2015;
  • Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal,2015
  • Acting President of the Supreme Court of Appeal, 2016 –2017.

 

PREVIOUS POSITIONS HELD:

  • Attorney’s Clerk, Dazana Mafungo Inc. Mthatha,1987;
  • Court Interpreter and Prosecutor, Mthatha, 1988 –1989;
  • Legal Policy Counsel & Lobbyist Women’s Legal Defense Fund, WashingtonDC;
  • Assistant State Law Adviser, Mthatha, 1991 –1993;
  • Law Lecturer, University of Transkei, 1993 –1995;
  • Practising Advocate, Transkei Society of Advocates, 1994-1999.

 

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS / EXTRA-JUDICIAL WORK:

  • Director: International Association of Women Judges: Africa Region,2021;
  • Chancellor: University of Mpumalanga,2021;
  • Council Member: Duke Law | Bolch Judicial Institute Leadership,2020;
  • President of the South African Chapter of the International Association of Women Judges,2018;
  • Deputy President of the South African Chapter of the International Association of Women Judges, 2008 –2010;
  • Member: South African Judicial Service Commission, 2017;
  • Member: South African Judicial Education Institute Council 2017;
  • Board Member: University of the Free State Law Faculty, 2019;
  • Board Member: South African Law Journal Editorial, 2019;
  • Board Member: Yearbook of South African Law Advisory, 2019;
  • Board Member: South African National Bar Examination, 2017;
  • Chairperson: South African Law Reform Commission, 2013-2016;
  • Member: Commonwealth Association of Law Reform Agencies, 2014;
  • Lawyers Against Abuse Patron,2013;
  • Editorial Board Member: University of Transkei Law Journal, 2005-2004.