Judges
The court is composed of a President, a Deputy President, and the number of ordinary Judges of Appeal determined in terms of an Act of Parliament; at present there are 22 positions on the court. Judges are appointed by the President of South Africa on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission. Judges of Appeal are cited in judgments with the surname of the judge followed by "JA". (The President and Deputy President are cited with a "P" and "DP" respectively, and acting judges are cited with "AJA".) Judges of the SCA are usually visiting professors in Universities of South Africa and other international Universities.
As of 2012 the Judges of Appeal are:
- Lex Mpati (President)
- Kenneth Mthiyane (Deputy President)
- Lebotsang Bosielo
- Fritz Brand
- Azhar Cachalia
- Thomas Cloete
- Jonathan Heher
- Eric Leach
- Carole Lewis
- Steven Majiedt
- Francois Malan
- Mandisa Maya
- Nonkosi Mhlantla
- Mahomed Navsa
- Robert Nugent
- Visvanathan Ponnan
- Willie Seriti
- Jeremiah Shongwe
- Suretta Snyders
- Leona Theron
- Zukisa Tshiqi
- Belinda van Heerden
- Malcolm Wallis
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