Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
The Honourable
Jody Kollapen
Justice of the Constitutional Court
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2022
Appointed by
Cyril Ramaphosa
Judge of the High Court
In office 11 May 2011 – 31 December 2021
Appointed by
Jacob Zuma
Division
Gauteng
Chairperson of the South African Human Rights Commission
In office October 2002 – October 2009
Appointed by
Thabo Mbeki
Preceded by
Barney Pityana
Succeeded by
Lawrence Mushwana
Personal details
Born
Narandran Kollapen
(1957-05-19) 19 May 1957 (age 67) Lady Selborne, Pretoria Union of South Africa
Spouse
Rani Kollapen
Children
3
Alma mater
University of the Witwatersrand
Narandran "Jody" Kollapen (born 19 May 1957) is a South African judge who joined the Constitutional Court of South Africa on 1 January 2022. He was appointed to the apex court by President Cyril Ramaphosa after a decade of service in the High Court of South Africa. He is also a former chairperson of the South African Human Rights Commission.
Kollapen rose to prominence in the 1980s as a human rights lawyer in his hometown of Pretoria, especially as instructing attorney in several high-profile apartheid-era political trials. He served as the national director of Lawyers for Human Rights in 1995 and 1996, and thereafter he joined the Human Rights Commission as an ordinary member. On the appointment of President Thabo Mbeki, he went on to serve as the commission's second chairperson from October 2002 to October 2009. He was an acting High Court judge in 2010 and joined the bench in the Gauteng Division permanently in May 2011. Following two unsuccessful nominations to the Constitutional Court in 2017 and 2019, Ramaphosa announced his elevation on 24 December 2021.
Narandran "Jody" Kollapen (born 19 May 1957) is a South African judge who joined the Constitutional Court of South Africa on 1 January 2022. He was appointed...
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dissenting judgment, joined by Justice Johan Froneman and Acting Justice JodyKollapen, which opened with a quotation from "Harlem". This minority agreed with...
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recommended the same five candidates, including Mathopo, and Mathopo and JodyKollapen were the pair whom President Cyril Ramaphosa selected for appointment...
the Judicial Service Commission recommended Basson and four others – JodyKollapen, Steven Majiedt, Zukisa Tshiqi, and Patricia Goliath – as suitable for...
Court; the other candidates were Steven Majiedt, Malcolm Wallis, and JodyKollapen. However, his interview with the Judicial Service Commission was diverted...
Nkabinde retired at the end of the year. Fayeeza Kathree-Setiloane, JodyKollapen, Boissie Mbha, Phineas Mojapelo, Cagney Musi, Cynthia Pretorius and...
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Tshiqi and four other candidates – Annali Basson, Patricia Goliath, JodyKollapen, and Steven Majiedt – as suitable for appointment. In September 2019...
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