Louis Harms Kenneth Mthiyane Mahomed Navsa (acting) Mandisa Maya
Preceded by
Craig Howie
Succeeded by
Mandisa Maya
Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal
In office 1 January 2003 – 14 August 2008
Appointed by
Thabo Mbeki
President
Craig Howie
Preceded by
Office created
Succeeded by
Louis Harms
Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal
In office 9 December 2000 – May 2016
Appointed by
Thabo Mbeki
Judge of the High Court
In office 1 February 1997 – 8 December 2000
Appointed by
Nelson Mandela
Division
Eastern Cape
Chancellor of Rhodes University
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 April 2013
Preceded by
Jakes Gerwel
Personal details
Born
(1949-09-05) 5 September 1949 (age 74) Durban, Natal Province, Union of South Africa
Spouse
Mireille Nontobeko
Alma mater
Rhodes University
Lex Mpati (born 5 September 1949) is a South African retired judge who was the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa from August 2008 to May 2016. He was appointed to the bench in February 1997 as a judge of the Eastern Cape Division and he joined the Supreme Court as a puisne judge in December 2000. Before his elevation to the presidency, he was the Supreme Court's first Deputy President from 2003 to 2008. He was also an acting judge in the Constitutional Court in 2007.
Born in Durban, Mpati grew up in the Eastern Cape, spending his childhood in Fort Beaufort and his adolescence in Grahamstown. He entered legal practice as an attorney in 1985 and was admitted as an advocate in 1989. In 1996, during a three-year stint at the Legal Resources Centre, he was appointed as Senior Counsel. Since 2013, he has been the chancellor of Rhodes University, his alma mater.
LexMpati (born 5 September 1949) is a South African retired judge who was the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa from August 2008...
Mvezo Traditional Council and grandson of Nelson Mandela The Hon Justice LexMpati – Judge President of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa and current...
presidency in September 2015 and the presidency in May 2017, succeeding LexMpati in both positions. She was the first black woman to serve in the Supreme...
Investment Corporation Commission (aka as the PIC or Mpati Commission) which was chaired by retired Judge LexMpati. The commission was set up to investigate allegations...
Appeal confirmed the appeal would be heard on 3 November 2015 by Judges LexMpati, Nonkosi Mhlantla, Eric Leach, Steven Majiedt, and Elizabeth Baartman...
high court judge". He had a brief interview, with the Supreme Court's LexMpati reporting that appellate judges had "no problems" with him, and the Judicial...
of Cape Town, which, under the chairmanship of retired Judge of Appeal LexMpati, was tasked with investigating allegations of governance failures at the...
friendly and brief 20-minute interview began with Supreme Court President LexMpati disclosing that he had bought cattle from van der Merwe. He had been nominated...
Chaskalson, and the former President of the Supreme Court of Appeal, LexMpati, as well as many others. George Bizos, human rights advocate Jason Brickhill...
criticisms of their article. An independent panel, chaired by retired judge LexMpati, featuring fellow retired judge Azhar Cachalia, public sector governance...
into allegations for impropriety regarding Public Investment Corporation LexMpati 17 October 2018 Nugent Commission Constitution of the Republic of South...
Raymond Zondo (since 7 June 2017) President of the Supreme Court of Appeal: LexMpati Mandisa Maya (since 26 May 2017) Deputy President of the Supreme Court...
2022 Kenyan presidential election. Described by Supreme Court President LexMpati as "sort of a fitness fanatic", Mbha has run the Comrades Marathon six...
Rhodes University In office 1999–2012 Preceded by Gavin Relly Succeeded by LexMpati Vice-Chancellor, University of the Western Cape In office 1987–1994 Personal...
reportedly strongly supported by the president of the Supreme Court of Appeal, LexMpati, who admired his banking law expertise. President Jacob Zuma confirmed...
O'Regan) in April 2018. On the first occasion, Supreme Court President LexMpati told her during her interview that the other judges of appeal believed...
handed down judgment on behalf of a unanimous bench (Judge President LexMpati and Judges of Appeal Fritz Brand, Suretta Snyders and Frans Malan concurring)...
Africa In office 2003–2008 Preceded by Joos Hefer (Acting) Succeeded by LexMpati Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa In office 1993–2003...
acting judge of appeal, he was viewed as a frontrunner: Judge President LexMpati was complimentary during his interview, and the Business Day described...
Archived from the original on July 9, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2015. Mpati, Lex (October 6, 2004). Transformation in the Judiciary – A Constitutional...
16 June 2017.[permanent dead link] "Tracy Mpati Bibuangu speelt volgend seizoen voor Sporting" [Tracy Mpati Bibuangu to play for Sporting next season]...
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