Sandile Ngcobo

Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of SA
Full Names
Sandile Ngcobo
Date of Birth
01/03/1953

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In Brief

Acting Judge-President: Labour court & Labour Appeals Court; Academic Registrar: University of Cape Town, Cape Town; Committee Member: Amnesty Committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Judge: Labout Appeal Court;

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Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of SA

Chairmanships

Chair & Member
Rules Board for Courts of Law 
 
 

Directorships

Trustee
Dehler Foundation 
 
 
Trustee
Centre for Socio-Legal studies 
 
 

Current Positions

Teacher
seminar 'Race Values and the American legal process' 
University of Pennsylvania, Harvard Law School, Stanford Law school 
Articled Clerk
KK Mthiyane and Company 
 
Lecturer
Constitutional Litigation 
 
1994
Presiding Officer
Independent Election Commission's Electoral tribunal 
 
1994
Judge
Supreme Court, Cape of Good Hope Provincial division 
Cape Town 
1996
Judge
Labout Appeal Court 
 
1997
Committee Member
Amnesty Committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission 
 
1998
Acting Judge-President
Labour court & Labour Appeals Court 
 
1999
Academic Registrar
University of Cape Town 
Cape Town 
1999

Previous Positions

Associate Attorney
KK Mthiyane and Company 
Durban 
 
1982
Clerk
Maphumulo Magistrate's office 
Maphumulo 
1977 
1978
Attorney
Legal Resource Centre 
Durban 
1982 
1986
Law Clerk and Associate Researcher
Honourable A leon Higginbotham Jr, former Chief Justice of the US Court of Appeals 
US 
1986 
1987
Visiting Foreign Attorney
Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
1987 
1987
Acting Director
Legal Aid Service Clinic 
University of Natal, Durban 
1988 
1988
Lecturer
Race legislation 
University of Natal,Durban 
1988 
1988
Advocate
 
Durban 
1988 
1989
Associate Attorney
Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz 
Philadelphia 
1989 
1992
Advocate
 
Durban 
1992 
1996
Acting Judge
Supreme Court, Cape of Good Hope Provincial division 
Cape Town 
1996 
1996
Acting Judge
Labour Appeal Court 
 
1997 
1997

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