President Jacob Zuma appoints judges

President Jacob Zuma has, in terms of section 174(6) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, and on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission, appointed the judges as follows:

  1. Madam Justice Halima Khanam Saldulker and Mr Justice Nigel Paul Willis as Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeal.
  2. Mr Justice Aubrey Phago Ledwaba as Deputy Judge President of the North and South Gauteng High Courts.
  3. Advocate Gregory Charles Wright SC as a Judge of the North and South Gauteng High Courts, Johannesburg.
  4. Madam Wendy Hughes as a Judge of the North and South Gauteng High Courts, Pretoria.
  5. Madam Nomsa Victoria Khumalo as a Judge of the North and South Gauteng High Courts, Pretoria.
  6. Mr Brian Amos Mashile as Judge of the North and South Gauteng High Courts, Johannesburg.
  7. Madam Daisy Sekao Molefe as a Judge of the North and South Gauteng High Courts, Pretoria.
  8. Madam Leonie Windell as a Judge of the North and South Gauteng High Courts, Johannesburg.

President Zuma has also, in terms of section 36(2) and (3) read with section 39 of the Competition Act, 1998 (Act No.89 of 1998), and on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission, appointed Mr Justice Dennis Martin Davis, a Judge of the Western Cape High Court, Cape Town, as Judge President of the Competition Appeal Court, for a period of five years.

All the appointments are with effect from 1 July 2013.

The President congratulated the Judges on their appointments and wished them well in their new roles.

Enquiries:
Mac Maharaj
Cell: 079 879 2303

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