Honorary Professor | Department of Procedural and Clinical Law | University of Natal
Kwazulu Natal | 1998 - present

Chair | Langa Commission: Southern African Development and Economic Community
1998 - present

Senior Counsel | Natal Bar
Durban | 1994 - present

Chair | Phambili School Interim Committee

Chancellor | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

Chair | Henk van Andel Bursary Trust

Chair of technical Committee | Review and Rationalise Health legislation

Chief Justice | The Constitutional Court of South Africa
South Africa | 2005 - 2009

Law Practice and Legal Services

Deputy Chief | Justice of SA
Johannesburg | 2001 - 2009

Interpreter | Department of Justice
1960 - 2009

Deputy President | The Constitutional Court of South Africa
Johannesburg | 1997 - 2001

Judge | The Constitutional Court of South Africa
1994 - 1997

Advocate | Natal Bar
1977 - 1994

Magistrate | Department of Justice
Ndwedwe | 1975 - 1977

Prosecutor | Department of Justice | Government of South Africa

Worker | shirt factory
1957 - 1960

Rhodes University

Awarded in 2008

Honorary Doctor of Laws

University of Cape Town

Awarded in 2001

Honorary Doctor of Laws

University of the Western Cape

Awarded in 2001

Honorary Doctor of Laws

University of Zululand

Awarded in 1997

Honorary Doctor of Laws

Completed 1976

Bachelor of Law

Completed 1973

B. Iuris

Honorary LLD's | University of the Western Cape

Honorary LLD's | Western Cape

International Service Award of the Judicial Council of National Bar Association

National Association of Democratic Lawyers (NADEL)

Founding Member & President, 1988 - 1994

Steering Committee

Member, 1987 - 1988

Human Rights Commission

Commissioner

South African Legal Defence Fund

Founding member

Legal Resources Trust

Trustee

Centre for Applied Legal Studies

Trustee

Democratic Lawyers Association

Member

Fundani Trust

Trustee

Clermont Women's Organisation

Trustee

Commission Inquiry: Meiring Report

Member

Commission of Inquiry into unrest in Prisons

Member

Constitutional Committee of the African National Congress

Member

Release Mandela Committee (Natal)

Founder Member

United Democratic Front

Member

University of Natal's Centre for Socio-legal Studies

Board Member

Centre for Development Studies

Trustee

Community Legal Services Unit

Trustee