Bernard Ngoepe

2-year term

Position at Time of Election: President of the Pretoria High Court

Other Positions Held

• Chancellor, University of South Africa
• Chairperson, Magistrates’ Commission
• Member, United Nations Environment Programme Global Alliance of Judges on Environmental Law and participant in the United Nations Environment Programme Global Judges Programme Initiatives
• Member, Court of Military Appeals
• Chairperson, Military Legal Services Division Review Council
• Military Appeals. Judge President, Transvaal Provincial Division of the High Court of South Africa
• Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein
• Member, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Amnesty Committee
• Acting Judge, Constitutional Court of South Africa (1995)
• Judge, Transvaal Provincial Division of the High Court of South Africa
• Member, Technical Committee on Constitutional Issues (the Committee drafted the Constitution)
• Senior Counsel, High Court of South Africa
• Advocate, High Court of South Africa
• Founding Member, Black Lawyers Association
• Private Practice (1976-1983)

Publications and writings

• Final report: Commission of Inquiry into the Ellis Park Stadium Soccer Disaster of 11 April 2001.(2002)

Awards

South African Human Rights Award