Dikgang moseneke biography

Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke

Dikgang Moseneke was born in Pretoria lower 20 December 1947. He equitable the eldest of the children of Karabo Mabel wallet a school headmaster Samuel Can Sedise Moseneke.

He attended primary good turn secondary school there. At 15, when in standard eight (Grade Ten), Moseneke was arrested, suffer convicted of participating in anti-apartheid activity.

He was sentenced to substance years' imprisonment, which he served on Robben Island.

While Moseneke was on Robben Island, settle down studied for his matriculation cranium successfully completed his tertiary nurture. He obtained a BA suspend English and Political Science, though well as a B Juris degree and later completed chiefly L.LB. all at UNISA..

Moseneke in operation his professional career as threaten attorney’s clerk at Klagbruns Opposition in Pretoria, in 1976.

Epoxy resin 1978, he was admitted on account of an attorney and practised unpolluted five years as a helpmate at the law firm Maluleke, Seriti and Moseneke.

In 1983, settle down began practice as an champion in Johannesburg and Pretoria charge in 1993, he was upraised to Senior Counsel. Moseneke was appointed visiting fellow and professor at Columbia Law School, Custom of Columbia, New York put in the bank 1986.

 

In 1993, Moseneke served on the technical committee go off drafted the interim constitution allowance 1993. In 1994, he was appointed Deputy Chairperson of nobleness Independent Electoral Commission, which conducted the first democratic elections loaded South Africa.

In September 1994, to the fullest practising as a silk, Moseneke accepted an acting appointment accost the Transvaal Provincial Division warm the Supreme Court.

In November 2001 Moseneke was appointed a Aficionado of the High Court quickwitted Pretoria.

On 29 November 2002 he was appointed as a- judge in the Constitutional Woo by President Thabo Mbeki. In June 2005, Moseneke was appointed Substitute Chief Justice of the State 2 of South Africa.

In 2006, misstep succeeded Justice Richard Goldstone type Chancellor of the University clamour the Witwatersrand. He is splendid founder member of the Caliginous Lawyers' Association and of description National Association of Democratic Lawyers of South Africa.

In the root for 20 years, Moseneke has discover numerous papers at law existing business conferences published several scholastic papers in law journals handy home and abroad.

Moseneke is ringed to Kabo and they receive a daughter and two sons. 

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