President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Constitutional Court’s Justice Sisi Khampepe as acting Deputy Chief Justice on Tuesday.
Khampepe will be acting in this position as Deputy Chief Justice as Raymond Zondo is currently involved in the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture.
The announcement was made by the Constitutional Court on Tuesday.
While Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng is on leave until further notice, Khampepe will also be acting Chief Justice until Mogoeng returns.
"In terms of the Superior Courts Act, as Acting Deputy Chief Justice, Justice Khampepe will exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Chief Justice as Acting Chief Justice. Khampepe’s illustrious legal career spans over 40 years," the ConCourt said in a statement.
The acting Chief Justice gradauted with an LLM (Master of Laws) degree from Harvard University in the United States of America. She started her own practice under the name SV Khampepe Attorneys.
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