JUSTICE RAYMOND MNYAMEZELI MLUNGISI ZONDO
AGE AND GENDER: African male, 61 years ofage
CURRENT POSITION: Deputy Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa and currently the Acting
Chief Justice
QUALIFICATIONS: B. Iuris (UZ); LLB (UKZN); LLM (cum laude) (Labour Law) (UNISA); LLM
(with specialisation in commercial law)(UNISA); LLM (Patent Law) (UNISA)
PREVIOUS JUDICIAL POSITIONS:
- Judge, Labour Court, 01 November 1997 – August 1999;
- Judge, Gauteng Division, Pretoria, April 1999;
- Judge President of the Labour Appeal Court and Labour Court May 2000 – April 2010;
- Acting Justice of the Constitutional Court, November 2011 – May 2012;
- Justice of the Constitutional Court, 01 September 2012;
- Deputy Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa, 01 June 2017;
- Acting Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa, 01-30 November 2017, 01 July 2021 to date.
PREVIOUS POSITIONS HELD:
- Research Fellow at the Legal Resources Centre, Durban, 1984 – February1985;
- Articled Clerk under Mrs Victoria Mxenge at Mxenge, Ngxingweni and Shezi in Durban, March 1985 – August 1986; Articled Clerk at Mthembu & Co, Durban, Aug/Sep 1985 – August 1986;
- Articled of Clerk at Chennels Albertyn under Mr Chris Albertyn, September 1986 – April 1988;
- Clerk at Mathe & Co, May 1988—May 1989;
- Attorney and partner at Mathe & Co. name of the firm changed to Mathe and Zondo Incorporated, May 1989;
- Member of a Committee of the Goldstone Commission which investigated political violence that occurred in certain mines in Welkom arising out of VAT stay-aways; and Member of a Committee of the Goldstone Commission which investigated political violence in the South Coast of KwaZulu Natal, 1991 –1992;
- Member of a Ministerial Committee appointed by the then Minister of Labour, Mr Tito Mboweni, to draft a Labour Relations Bill for the democratic South Africa; Aug 1994 - March 1995;
- First Chairperson of the Governing Body of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), 1995/1996 – early 1997.
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS/ EXTRA-JUDICIAL WORK:
- Chairperson of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State, January 2018 - date;
- Acting Chairperson of the Judicial Conduct Committee of the Judicial Service Commission, June 2017 – date;
- Chairperson of the Executive Committee of the South African Judicial Education Institute (SAJEI) Council, 2018 to present;
- Member of the SAJEI Council and presently Acting Chairperson of the SAJEI Council, 2018 to present.