Mbuyiseli Madlanga

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Full Name	Mbuyiseli Madlanga
Occupation	Judge
Date Of Birth	Mar 27, 1962(1962-03-27)
Age	62
Country	South Africa
Horoscope	Aries

Mbuyiseli Madlanga Biography

Mbuyiseli Madlanga is one of the most popular and richest Judge who was born on March 27, 1962 in South Africa.

Mbuyiseli “Russell” Madlanga (born 27 March 1962) is a judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, having been appointed on 1 August 2013.

The following year he became an acting judge of the Constitutional Court upon Arthur Chaskalson’s invitation. He was on the bench in Mohamed v President of the Republic of South Africa, which held that the South African government may not extradite a suspect who may face the death penalty unless it receives an assurance it will not be imposed; Prince v President, Cape Law Society, which upheld a law criminalising the use of marijuana, even for religious reasons; Carmichele v Minister of Safety and Security; Minister of Public Works v Kyalami Ridge Environmental Association; and S v Mamabolo. Madlanga authored S v Steyn, which declared unconstitutional provisions of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 that removed an accused person’s automatic right of appeal against a magistrate’s court conviction.

Mbuyiseli Madlanga Net Worth

Mbuyiseli Madlanga is one of the richest Judge from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mbuyiseli Madlanga 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Madlanga was born in 1962 in Njijini village, Mount Frere, to a family of the amaBhaca. He attended Mariazell High School in Matatiele. His father, a teacher, encouraged him to apply for a bursary to read law at the University of Transkei, where he completed a BJuris in 1981 in an atmosphere of growing unrest. During his final year he began working in a magistrate’s office, though he was close friends with African National Congress activists under investigation by his colleagues.

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On 1 August 2013, Madlanga was appointed permanently to the Constitutional Court, replacing Zak Yacoob. His appointment had been widely expected, especially after he impressed at his interview before the JSC (on which Madlanga had served since 2010), though some felt a woman ought to have been appointed. He was questioned on his 1998 judgment in Bangindawo v Head of the Nyanda Regional Authority, in which he had held controversially that there was “no reason whatsoever for the imposition of the western conception of the notions of judicial impartiality and independence in the African customary law setting”. Madlanga admitted at the interview that this judgment was wrong.

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Meelis Ranked on the list of most popular Judge. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Mbuyiseli Madlanga celebrates birthday on March 27 of every year.