Assumed office 1 December 2015 (Acting: January 2013 – December 2013)
Appointed by
Jacob Zuma
Preceded by
Thembile Skweyiya
Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal
In office 1 December 2008 – 30 November 2015
Appointed by
Kgalema Motlanthe
Judge of the High Court
In office 1 June 2002 – 30 November 2008
Appointed by
Thabo Mbeki
Division
Eastern Cape
Personal details
Born
Nonkosi Zoliswa Mhlantla
(1964-05-02) 2 May 1964 (age 60) Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Alma mater
University of the North
Nonkosi Zoliswa Mhlantla (born 2 May 1964) is a South African judge of the Constitutional Court. Elevated to that court in December 2015, she was formerly a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal between December 2008 and November 2015. She entered legal practice as an attorney in her hometown, Port Elizabeth, and joined the bench in June 2002, becoming the first woman ever to be appointed to the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa.
Nonkosi Zoliswa Mhlantla (born 2 May 1964) is a South African judge of the Constitutional Court. Elevated to that court in December 2015, she was formerly...
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judges Chris Jafta, Sisi Khampepe, Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Steven Majiedt, NonkosiMhlantla, Leona Theron and Zukisa Tshiqi. At the start of the year there were...
Jody Kollapen, Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Steven Majiedt, Rammaka Mathopo, NonkosiMhlantla, Owen Rogers, Leona Theron and Zukisa Tshiqi. Zondo is due for mandatory...
dissent was written by Justice Chris Jafta and joined by Justices NonkosiMhlantla and Zukisa Tshiqi. This minority concurred with the majority that the...
Cameron, Johan Froneman, Chris Jafta, Sisi Khampepe, Mbuyiseli Madlanga, NonkosiMhlantla and Leona Theron. There were two vacancies. Justice Cameron retired...
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the appeal would be heard on 3 November 2015 by Judges Lex Mpati, NonkosiMhlantla, Eric Leach, Steven Majiedt, and Elizabeth Baartman. South Africa's...
question. Justice Jody Kollapen wrote the majority judgment and Justice NonkosiMhlantla wrote a dissenting opinion. In early 2019, Warren Thompson applied...
Cameron, Johan Froneman, Chris Jafta, Sisi Khampepe, Mbuyiseli Madlanga, NonkosiMhlantla, Bess Nkabinde, Johann van der Westhuizen and Raymond Zondo. Deputy...
Justice Raymond Zondo, and judges Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Steven Majiedt, NonkosiMhlantla, Leona Theron, Zukisa Tshiqi, as well as two newly appointed judges...
Froneman, Chris Jafta, Sisi Khampepe, Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Steven Majiedt, NonkosiMhlantla, Leona Theron and Zukisa Tshiqi. At the start of the year there was...
Cameron, Johan Froneman, Chris Jafta, Sisi Khampepe, Mbuyiseli Madlanga, NonkosiMhlantla, Bess Nkabinde and Raymond Zondo. There were two vacancies following...
Cameron, Johan Froneman, Chris Jafta, Sisi Khampepe, Mbuyiseli Madlanga, NonkosiMhlantla and Leona Theron. There were two vacancies. Azhar Cachalia, Daniel...
remained vacant for over a year amid a scramble for women candidates; NonkosiMhlantla was finally appointed in December 2015. A year after his retirement...
terms of the complexity of her judgements". President Zuma appointed NonkosiMhlantla to fill the vacancy. In February 2019, the Judicial Service Commission...
joined by Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo; Justices Edwin Cameron, NonkosiMhlantla, and Leona Theron; and Acting Justices Fayeeza Kathree-Setiloane and...
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