Chris Jafta

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Christopher Nyaole "Chris" Jafta (* 1959 in Matatiele ) is a South African lawyer and since 2007 a judge at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of South Africa .

Family and education

Jafta is married to Nomviwo Jafta. With her he has two children, a daughter and a son. In his hometown he attended both elementary and secondary school. He then started studying law at the University of Transkei . There he was awarded the BJuris degree in 1983 and the Bachelor of Laws in 1987.

Professional background

Jafta began his professional activity in 1983 as a translator at court. Between 1984 and 1985 he worked as a prosecutor before the South African Bureau of State Security ordered him to be removed from his post because he refused to follow the authority's instructions while conducting the proceedings. Because of this, he was demoted to clerk. In July 1986 he was appointed judicial officer. He held this position until 1988, before he began practical training in a law firm in Umtata (today: Mthatha). In August of the same year he then took a position as a lecturer at his alma mater . Until 1992 he gave lectures there in the field of commercial and constitutional law . He then completed the practical training at the Bar Association in Johannesburg . After completing his training, he settled in Mthatha as a lawyer and dealt mainly with cases from labor and constitutional law. In 1997, Jafta assumed the post of acting judge in the Transvaal Provincial Division for four months . He returned to the same court in January 1999 and was appointed permanent judge in November of that year. In June 2001 he took over the chairmanship of the court on a provisional basis for two years. Then he moved to the Labor Appeal Court of South Africa . From June 2004 he was provisional again and from November 2004 he was a full-time judge at the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa . In December 2007 he finally moved to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of South Africa, first as a temporary judge and then as a full-time judge.

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SURNAME Jafta, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jafta, Christopher Nyaole (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African lawyer, judge at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of South Africa
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Matatiele