On July 25, President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed Mandisa Maya as South Africa's first female chief justice. Maya, currently serving as deputy chief justice, will take over on September 1 from the retiring Chief Justice Raymond Zondo.
Maya, 60, has an impressive judicial career, including her role as the judge president of the Supreme Court of Appeal, South Africa's second-highest court. She has been a trailblazer as the first Black woman to serve as a judge, deputy president, and president of the Supreme Court of Appeal before her promotion to the Constitutional Court.
Her appointment followed a recommendation by the Judicial Services Commission, which praised the historic significance of her role. Maya, who hails from the Eastern Cape province, earned a Fulbright Scholarship in 1989 to pursue a Master's in law at Duke University in the United States, a notable achievement during South Africa's apartheid era.
Maya's legal journey began after she switched from medicine to law on her first day at university in South Africa. Her appointment marks a significant milestone, making her the eighth chief justice since South Africa's transition to democracy in 1994.
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