Mandisa Maya, South Africas’s Deputy Chief Justice, has been appointed the country’s new Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court by President Cyril Ramaphosa. She takes up the position from September 1, 2024. She replaces current Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, whose term ends at the end of August.
She is the first woman Chief Justice since South Africa became a constitutional democracy following the end of apartheid in 1994.Here are some interesting facts you need to know about Judge Maya.
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