Raymond Zondo

Raymond Mnyamezeli Mlungisi Zondo
Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 2012
Nominated by Judicial Service Commission
Appointed by President Jacob Zuma
Judge President of the Labour Court
In office
May 2000  May 2010
Nominated by Judicial Service Commission
Appointed by President Thabo Mbeki
Judge of the North Gauteng High Court
In office
May 1999  September 2012
Nominated by Judicial Service Commission
Appointed by President Nelson Mandela
Judge of the Labour Court
In office
November 1997  May 2000
Nominated by Judicial Service Commission
Appointed by President Nelson Mandela
Personal details
Born 4 May 1960
Ixopo, Natal, South Africa
Alma mater University of Zululand
University of Natal

Raymond Mnyamezeli Mlungisi "Ray" Zondo (born 4 May 1960) is a South African judge who currently serves on the Constitutional Court of South Africa.

Judge Zondo was educated at St Mary's Seminary in Ixopo, the University of Zululand and the University of Natal. He was admitted as an attorney in 1989 and practised as a partner in Mathe & Zondo Inc. In 1997 he was appointed a judge of the Labour Court,[1] and in 1999 he was appointed to the Transvaal Provincial Division of the High Court (later the North Gauteng High Court, now the Gauteng Division).[2] In 2000 he was elevated to Judge President of the Labour Court,[2] a post in which he served for ten years.[3] In 2010 he returned to the Pretoria High Court, and from November 2011 to May 2012 served as an acting judge of the Constitutional Court before being appointed to a permanent post on the court with effect from September 2012.[4]

References

  1. "The Labour Court: The judges of the Labour Court" (PDF). Consultus (General Council of the Bar) 11 (1): 27. May 1998. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "New judges" (PDF). Advocate (General Council of the Bar) 13 (2): 13. Second Term 2000. Retrieved 5 November 2012. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. "Raymond Zondo appointed as ConCourt judge". Mail & Guardian. SAPA. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  4. Maharaj, Mac (14 August 2012). "President Zuma appoints Ray Zondo to ConCourt" (Press release). The Presidency. Retrieved 5 November 2012.