(1957-01-08) 8 January 1957 (age 67) Soweto, Transvaal Union of South Africa
Spouse
Siza Khampepe
Alma mater
University of Zululand Harvard Law School
Sisi Virginia Khampepe (born 8 January 1957) is a retired South African judge who served in the Constitutional Court of South Africa between October 2009 and October 2021. Formerly a prominent labour lawyer, she joined the bench in December 2000 as a judge of the Transvaal Provincial Division. She was also a member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Born in Soweto, Khampepe entered legal practice as a fellow of the Legal Resources Centre before she gained admission as an attorney in 1985. For a decade thereafter, she ran her own firm in Johannesburg, primarily representing employees and trade unions in labour law matters. Between 1995 and 1998, she served at the appointment of President Nelson Mandela as a member of the post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and from 1998 to 1999 she was a director in the National Prosecuting Authority.
In December 2000, President Thabo Mbeki appointed her as a judge of the High Court of South Africa, and he additionally appointed her to the Labour Appeal Court in November 2007. During this time, Khampepe chaired the high-profile Khampepe Commission which advised against the disbanding of the Scorpions. After President Jacob Zuma elevated her to the Constitutional Court in October 2009, she served a full 12-year term in the apex court. Her best-known judgment was Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture v Zuma, in which she sentenced former President Zuma to imprisonment for contempt of court.
Sisi Virginia Khampepe (born 8 January 1957) is a retired South African judge who served in the Constitutional Court of South Africa between October 2009...
The Khampepe Commission was a judicial commission of enquiry headed by Judge SisiKhampepe that was established to investigate the Scorpions and recommend...
court. The majority judgment was written by Acting Deputy Chief Justice SisiKhampepe, who held that it was justifiable for the court to impose a punitive...
(PDF). Retrieved 28 March 2024. p. 162 "Chancellor – Emeritus Justice SisiKhampepe". Retrieved 12 December 2023. "University of Pretoria climbs to 323rd...
judgment was written by Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga and joined by Justices SisiKhampepe, Steven Majiedt, and Leona Theron, as well as by Acting Justices Dhaya...
Chris Jafta (appointed by Jacob Zuma in 2009, retired in 2021) Justice SisiKhampepe (appointed by Jacob Zuma in 2009, retired in 2021) The judgments of...
the Constitutional Court. He took office the following day alongside SisiKhampepe, Johan Froneman, and Mogoeng Mogoeng. Jafta was one of the most prolific...
be distinguishable from the same. Its judgment, written by Justice SisiKhampepe, was handed down unanimously on 28 June 2022. The case arose from litigation...
Mogoeng, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, and judges Chris Jafta, SisiKhampepe, Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Steven Majiedt, Nonkosi Mhlantla, Leona Theron...
(born 1960) Law 1986 Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States SisiKhampepe (born 1957) Law Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa Kenneth...
and Zondo remained on the bench; they were newly joined by Justice SisiKhampepe and Acting Justices Nambitha Dambuza and Steven Majiedt. The court's...
Justice Dikgang Moseneke, and Justices Edwin Cameron, Chris Jafta, SisiKhampepe, Bess Nkabinde, Thembile Skweyiya, Zak Yacoob, and Raymond Zondo. Their...
Acting Deputy Chief Justice Thembile Skweyiya; Justices Chris Jafta, SisiKhampepe, Mbuyiseli Madlanga, and Raymond Zondo; and Acting Justice Nambitha...
Dikgang Moseneke, and judges Edwin Cameron, Johan Froneman, Chris Jafta, SisiKhampepe, Bess Nkabinde, Thembile Skweyiya, Johann van der Westhuizen, Zak Yacoob...
Acting Justice Mandisa Maya, and Justices Edwin Cameron, Johan Froneman, SisiKhampepe, Bess Nkabinde, Thembile Skweyiya, and Johann van der Westhuizen. Justice...
instead confirming the appointments of Johan Froneman, Chris Jafta, SisiKhampepe and Mogoeng Mogoeng. In May 2012, Maya was one of four candidates –...
whether they should be merged into the South African Police Service. SisiKhampepe 1 April 2005 Hefer Commission Commissions Act, 8 of 1947 Section 1 Inquiry...
Dikgang Moseneke, and judges Edwin Cameron, Johan Froneman, Chris Jafta, SisiKhampepe, Mogoeng Mogoeng, Bess Nkabinde, Thembile Skweyiya, Johann van der Westhuizen...
Moseneke and concurred in by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, Justices SisiKhampepe and Johann van der Westhuizen, and Acting Justice Monica Leeuw; and...
Raymond Zondo, and judges Edwin Cameron, Johan Froneman, Chris Jafta, SisiKhampepe, Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Nonkosi Mhlantla and Leona Theron. There were two...
general constitutional principles such as the rule of law"; Justice SisiKhampepe made this observation in an unobtrusive footnote, without acknowledging...
Constitutional Court. He was appointed simultaneously with Chris Jafta, SisiKhampepe and Johan Froneman. Less than two years later, in mid-2011, Mogoeng...
Dikgang Moseneke, and judges Edwin Cameron, Johan Froneman, Chris Jafta, SisiKhampepe, Bess Nkabinde, Thembile Skweyiya, Johann van der Westhuizen and Zak...
Dikgang Moseneke, and judges Edwin Cameron, Johan Froneman, Chris Jafta, SisiKhampepe, Mogoeng Mogoeng, Bess Nkabinde, Thembile Skweyiya, Johann van der Westhuizen...
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