Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has appointed judges to the High Court, Labour Court and the Electoral Court.
The appointments were made on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission and in terms Section 174(6) of the Constitution.
Advocate Igna Tersia Stretch, SC was appointed a Judge of the Eastern Cape High Court, Bisho.
Segopotje Sheila Mphahlele was appointed as a Judge of the South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg.
Advocate Albertus Johannes Bam, SC, was appointed as a Judge of the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.
Advocate Maria Mabel Jansen, SC, was appointed as a Judge of the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.
Advocate Nicoline Janse Van Nieuwenhuizen, SC, has been appointed as a Judge of the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.
Nolwazi Penelope Boqwana was appointed Judge of the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town.
The appointments are effective from Monday, 2 December, except for Somaganthie Naidoo, who was appointed as a Judge of the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein, whose appointment is effective from 1 January 2014.
Zuma appointed Justice Pule Lazarus Tlaletsi, a Judge of the Northern Cape High Court, as Deputy Judge President of the Labour Court, with effect from 2 December 2013.
Sungaree Pather was appointed as a member of the Electoral Court for a period of four years, with effect from 2 December 2013.
The President wished all the appointees well in their new roles. – SAnews.gov.za
