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Petrus Gcinumuzi Malindi is South African judge of the High Court of South Africa. He was appointed to the Gauteng Division in July 2021 after 25 years as a practising advocate, during which time he was well known for his association with the African National Congress. He was admitted to the Johannesburg Bar in 1995 and took silk in 2010.
The Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa is a superior court of law which has general jurisdiction over the South African province of Gauteng and the eastern part of North West province. The main seat of the division is at Pretoria, while a local seat at Johannesburg has concurrent jurisdiction over the southern parts of Gauteng.
The Superior Courts Act, 2013 restructured the High Courts into divisions of a single High Court of South Africa, and also provided for the creation of divisions for Limpopo and Mpumalanga, which had previously fallen under the jurisdiction of the Gauteng High Court at Pretoria. The Gauteng Division of the High Court in Johannesburg includes a ...
These include S v Makwanyane (abolishing the death penalty), Government of the Republic of South Africa v Grootboom (establishing the justiciability of socio-economic rights), the Treatment Action Campaign case (compelling government to provide anti-retroviral drugs to prevent transmission of HIV at childbirth) and the silicosis class action ...
Aubrey Phago Ledwaba (born 9 October 1962) is a South African judge who is currently serving as the Deputy Judge President of the Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa. Formerly a practising attorney in Gauteng , he joined the bench as a puisne judge in November 2005 and was elevated to his leadership position in July 2013.
Pieter Andries Meyer (born 7 December 1960) is a South African judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal. Before his elevation to that court, he was a judge of the Gauteng High Court from November 2007 to November 2022. He formerly practised law in Johannesburg, where he was admitted as an advocate in 1986 and took silk in 2004.
Dunstan Mlambo (born c. 1960) is Judge President of the Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa. [2] [3] Since 2002 he has also served as the chairperson of Legal Aid South Africa which provides legal aid to those who cannot afford it, [2] [4] and is a trustee of the Legal Resources Centre public interest law clinic.
The Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa, which has seats in Pretoria and Johannesburg, is a superior court with general jurisdiction over the province. Johannesburg is also home to the Constitutional Court, South Africa's highest court, and to a branch of the Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court.