(1966-11-07) 7 November 1966 (age 57) Wentworth, Durban Natal, South Africa
Spouse
Charles Sarjoo
Alma mater
University of Natal Georgetown University
Leona Valerie Theron (born 7 November 1966) is a judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. Before her elevation in July 2017, she served in the Supreme Court of Appeal between December 2010 and June 2017. She is the first Coloured judge to serve in the Constitutional Court.
Born in Durban, Theron was admitted as an advocate of the High Court of South Africa in December 1990. When she was appointed to the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in October 1999, she was the youngest judge in the country. She was first interviewed for appointment to the Constitutional Court for in December 2008; President Jacob Zuma appointed her in 2017 after the retirement of Justice Johann van der Westhuizen.
Leona Valerie Theron (born 7 November 1966) is a judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. Before her elevation in July 2017, she served in the...
artist LeonaTheron (born 1966), South African Constitutional Court judge Liesl Theron (born 1970s), South African trans activist Liniques Theron (born...
two-member minority of the court, comprising Justices Chris Jafta and LeonaTheron, argued that the majority's order trenched on Zuma's constitutional right...
N/A Eastern Cape High Court Supreme Court of Appeal Thembile Skweyiya LeonaTheron 7 November 1966 (age 57) in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Jacob Zuma 51 1 July...
Mbuyiseli Madlanga and joined by Justices Sisi Khampepe, Steven Majiedt, and LeonaTheron, as well as by Acting Justices Dhaya Pillay and Pule Tlaletsi. On the...
Supreme Court bench on 4 December 2010 alongside Steven Majiedt and LeonaTheron. In July 2019, Seriti reached the mandatory retirement age of 70. On...
Madlanga, Steven Majiedt, Rammaka Mathopo, Nonkosi Mhlantla, Owen Rogers, LeonaTheron and Zukisa Tshiqi. Zondo is due for mandatory retirement at the end of...
Sisi Khampepe, Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Steven Majiedt, Nonkosi Mhlantla, LeonaTheron and Zukisa Tshiqi. At the start of the year there was one vacancy, and...
interpret legislation in a manner that promotes the Bill of Rights. Justice LeonaTheron filed a dissenting opinion, holding that the Constitutional Court lacked...
Justice Raymond Zondo; Justices Edwin Cameron, Nonkosi Mhlantla, and LeonaTheron; and Acting Justices Fayeeza Kathree-Setiloane and Dumisani Zondi. The...
Zondo was elevated to the position of Deputy Chief Justice, and in July LeonaTheron was appointed to the court. Bess Nkabinde retired at the end of the year...
In July 2017, after a prolonged delay, President Jacob Zuma appointed LeonaTheron to fill van der Westhuizen's seat on the Constitutional Court bench....
Chris Jafta, Sisi Khampepe, Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Nonkosi Mhlantla and LeonaTheron. There were two vacancies. Justice Cameron retired with effect from 20...
Zondo, and judges Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Steven Majiedt, Nonkosi Mhlantla, LeonaTheron, Zukisa Tshiqi, as well as two newly appointed judges, Jody Kollapen...
Chris Jafta, Sisi Khampepe, Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Nonkosi Mhlantla and LeonaTheron. There were two vacancies. Azhar Cachalia, Daniel Dlodlo, Patricia Goliath...
the president as suitable for elevation to the Constitutional Court; LeonaTheron was ultimately appointed to fill the vacancy. In August 2018, the Judicial...
on both occasions, the President opted to select another candidate (LeonaTheron in 2017, and Zukisa Tshiqi and Steven Majiedt in 2019). In February 2021...
right to a fair trial, an argument that was made sharply by Justice LeonaTheron in her dissenting judgment. In Zuma v Judicial Commission of Inquiry...
Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Justice Bess Nkabinde, and Acting Justice LeonaTheron, the majority held that PAIA was the legislation intended to give effect...
Jappie, Elias Matojane, Mahube Molemela, Monica Leeuw, Robert Nugent, LeonaTheron, Zukisa Tshiqi, and Malcolm Wallis acted on the Court. "Constitutional...
Skweyiya's replacement. The other candidates were also women – Dhaya Pillay, LeonaTheron, and Zukisa Tshiqi – but Mhantla was the most experienced among them...
against humanity. In April 2017, Majiedt and four other candidates – LeonaTheron, Malcolm Wallis, Boissie Mbha, and Jody Kollapen – were shortlisted and...
Sisi Khampepe, Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Steven Majiedt, Nonkosi Mhlantla, LeonaTheron and Zukisa Tshiqi. At the start of the year there were two vacancies...
Leona Lewis is a British singer, songwriter and vocal producer. She has recorded material for a demo album, five studio albums and an EP. She has also...
Titanic," Martin, Theron. "3x3 Eyes (1991)". USA Anime. Archived from the original on May 7, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2012. Martin, Theron (September 14,...
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