Today in history: Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng is born
He was appointed the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa in September 2011, a position he currently holds.
Lawyer, Judge, Prosecutor, Ordained Pastor, Academic and Chief Justice of South Africa Mogoeng Thomas Reetsang Mogoeng was born on 14 January 1961 in Goo-Mokgatha (Koffiekraal) village, north east of Zeerust, North West Province.
Justice Mogoeng is the eldest son of three sons of Gaboipone Mogoeng, his mother, and his late father, Setshwaelo Herbert Mogoeng.
He is married to Mmaphefo Mogoeng and they have three children together, two daughters, Johanna and Oteng, and a son, Mogaetsha.
He was appointed the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa in September 2011, a position he currently holds.
He obtained a B Juris (Bachelor of Law) degree from the University of Zululand in 1983, a LLB (Bachelor of Laws) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 1985, and a LLM (Master of Laws) from the University Of South Africa (UNISA).
He specialised in Labour Law, Law of Property, Insurance Law, Law of Evidence, and Law of Criminal Procedure.
In 2013, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng delivered the 2013 Annual Human Rights Lecture at the University of Stellenbosch’s law faculty where he spoke on ‘The implications of the Office of the Chief Justice for constitutional democracy in South Africa.’
In 2013, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng delivered the second Memorial lecture in honour of Onkgopotse Tiro, the 1972 SRC President of the University of Limpopo.
Justice Mogoeng is also a Pastor at the Winners Chapel International Church in Highlands North, Johannesburg.
Information sourced from: South African History Online.
