Thembile Skweyiya

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Thembile Lewis Skweyiya (born June 17, 1939 in Worcester , † September 1, 2015 ) was a South African lawyer. He was a judge at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of South Africa from 2004 to 2014 .

Life

After his parents moved with him to Cape Town , Skweyiya first attended elementary school there. He ultimately completed his schooling at the Healdtown Native School near Fort Beaufort . He then attended Natal University , where he obtained a bachelor's degree in social sciences . The subsequent study of law he graduated there in 1967 with the Bachelor of Laws from.

Between 1968 and 1970 he completed his practical training in a law firm and was then admitted as a trial attorney ( advocate ). He also admitted to the bar in Lesotho and at the High Court of Namibia. From 1971 Skweyiya worked as a lawyer in Durban . Initially, he mainly dealt with cases from the field of civil and commercial law . From around 1981 he increasingly took on mandates related to human rights violations and was involved as a defense lawyer in numerous political proceedings. After eight years in this field, he focused again on commercial law cases. During his work as a lawyer, he was also a member of the board of numerous companies. In 1995 he entered the public service and until 2001 held several positions as acting judge, including at the Eastern Cape Provincial Division . On February 1, 2001, he was appointed full-time judge there. Between August 2001 and May 2002 he initially worked as a provisional judge at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of South Africa before he was appointed full-time judge in February 2004. He held this position until his retirement on May 6, 2014.

Memberships (selection)

From 1973 until it was banned in 1977, Skweyiya advised the South African Students' Organization . From 1985 to 1990 he was co-editor of the South African Journal on Human Rights .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Skweyiya, Thembile Lewis . In: Paul Stober, Barbara Ludman (Eds.): The Mail & Guardian AZ of South African Politics . Foreword by Ferjal Haffaijee. Jacana Media Ltd., Johannesburg 2004, ISBN 1-77009-023-1 , pp. 130 f . ( online [accessed June 29, 2013]).
  2. ↑ Minister Masutha on the death of Justice Skweyiya  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 1, 2017@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.dcs.gov.za  
  3. ↑ Speech by the President of the Court Mogoeng Mogoeng on the retirement of Skweyiya ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.justice.gov.za

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personal data
SURNAME Skweyiya, Thembile
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Skweyiya, Thembile Lewis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African lawyer, judge at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of South Africa
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Worcester
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 2015