Sandile Ngcobo

Sandile Ngcobo (born 1 March 1953) is former justice in the Constitutional Court of South Africa.[1] He served as Chief Justice from 2009 to 2011.

For the South African rugby union player, see Sandile Ngcobo (rugby union).

The Honourable

Sandile Ngcobo
Chief Justice of South Africa
In office
12 October 2009 – 12 August 2011
Appointed byPresident Jacob Zuma
DeputyDikgang Moseneke
Preceded byPius Langa
Succeeded byMogoeng Mogoeng
Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
In office
1999 – 12 August 2011
Appointed byPresident Nelson Mandela
Personal details
Born (1953-03-01) 1 March 1953
Durban, South Africa
Spouse(s)Zandile ngcobo
ChildrenNokwanda; Ayanda; Manqoba Ngcobo
Alma materUniversity of Zululand,
University of Natal,
Harvard Law School
ProfessionLawyer; Retired Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa

In 2017, the Southern African Public Law journal published a special issue in volume 32 of the journal under the title: "Twenty-First Century Constitutional Jurisprudence of South Africa: the Contribution of Former Chief Justice S. Sandile Ngcobo" in which academics, judges and practitioners examined Justice Ngcobo's jurisprudence during his tenure at the bench. The special issue was edited by Professor Ntombizozuko Dyani-Mhango, a former clerk of the Justice Ngcobo. See, [2]

Education

Justice Ngcobo received a Fulbright scholarship and he holds an LLM degree from Harvard Law School,[1] where he is a visiting professor of law. He is also a visiting professor of law at Columbia Law School and an adjunct professor of law at Cornell Law School.

Career

From 1986 to 1987, Ngcobo clerked for A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., a United States federal judge.

Ngcobo was made an honorary professor of law by the University of Cape Town.

He was appointed to the Constitutional Court in 1999 by Nelson Mandela. Prior to this he was a judge in the Cape High Court and the Labour Appeal Court.

On 6 August 2009, President Jacob Zuma nominated Ngcobo to succeed Pius Langa as Chief Justice of South Africa in October 2009.[3]

References
  1. "Justice Sandile Ngcobo". Constitutional Court of South Africa. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
  2. "Twenty-first Century Constitutional Jurisprudence of South Africa: The Contribution of Former Chief Justice S. Sandile Ngcobo". South African Public Law. 32 (1&2). 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  3. "Zuma looks to Ngcobo as new chief justice". Mail & Guardian. 6 August 2009.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Pius Langa		 Chief Justice of South Africa
2009–2011		 Succeeded by
Mogoeng Mogoeng


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