Yvonne Mokgoro

Yvonne Mokgoro (born October 19, 1950 in Galeshewe near Kimberley ) is a South African lawyer. Between 1994 and 2009 she was a judge at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of South Africa .

Education and professional career

Mokgoro received her education at St Boniface High School, which she graduated in 1970. She then completed part-time studies at the University of Bophuthatswana , where she was awarded the BJuris degree in 1982 and the Bachelor of Law in 1984 . During her studies she worked as a nurse and saleswoman and eventually got a job in the Justice Department of Bophuthatswana . After completing her undergraduate studies, she was a prosecutor at the District Court of Mmabatho hired. From 1984 Mokgoro worked as a lecturer at her alma mater , where she rose to become a private lecturer . In 1992 she moved to the University of the Western Cape and the following year to the Human Science Research Council, where she specialized in human rights . At the same time, she gave lectures in this area at the University of Pretoria . In October 1994 Mokgoro was appointed judge at the newly established Constitutional Court by Nelson Mandela . She held this position until 2009. At that point, the maximum 15-year term of a constitutional judge provided for in the South African constitution expired and Mokgoro retired.

Others

Mokgoro is married and has four children.

Memberships (selection)

• South African Law Reform Commission
• International Women's Association
• International Association of Women Judges

Awards (selection)

• Honorary professorship at the following universities: University of the North , University of the Western Cape, University of Cape Town , University of Pretoria and University of South Africa
• Honorary doctorates from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the University of Toledo
• Order of the Baobab in Bronze (2015)

Publications (selection)

• Traditional authority and democracy in the interim South African constitution . In: Review of constitutional studies . 3, No. 1, 1996, ISSN  1192-8034 , pp. 60-75.
• The customary law question in the South African constitution . In: Saint Louis University law journal . 41, No. 4, 1997, ISSN  0036-3030 , pp. 1279-1290.
• Ubuntu and the law in South Africa . In: Buffalo human rights law review . 4, 1998, ISSN  1098-3643 , pp. 15-23.
• The protection of cultural identity in the Constitution and the creation of National Unity in South Africa - a contradiction in terms? . In: SMU law review . 52, No. 4, 1998, ISSN  0038-4836 , pp. 1549-1562.
• Constitutional claims for gender equality in South Africa - a judicial response . In: Albany Law Review . 67, No. 2, 2003, ISSN  0002-4678 , pp. 465-473.

Web links

• Biography on the website of the Constitutional Court (English)
• Biography on Who's who Southern Africa (English; archive version from 2018)

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Presidency: Justice Yvonne Mokgoro. thepresidency.org.za, accessed August 5, 2019