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First female Supreme Court president appointed in South Africa
2:24 CAT | 26 May 2017
SA's Supreme Court / Justice Mandisa Maya
Justice Mandisa Maya has been appointed president of South Africa’s Supreme Court, the first woman to hold the post.
This is the third highest position in the courts, after the Chief Justice and Deputy Chief Justice.
In a statement President Jacob Zuma congratulated her on “being the first woman to occupy such a high position in the judiciary”.
Justice Maya served as a Supreme Court judge in Namibia in 2008 and a Court of Appeal judge in Lesotho in 2015. Directly before her appointment, she was the acting president of the Supreme Court.
Source: BBC
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