National
Constitutional Court
Based in South Africa
Official website (concourt.org.za) Report a problem with this page
Source: gov.za, checkedWho sits on it
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Chief Justice
Appointed by the President of South Africa
- MM Mandisa Muriel Lindelwa Maya Chief Justice
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Deputy Chief Justice
Appointed by the President of South Africa
- DM Dunstan Mlambo Deputy Chief Justice
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9 justices of the Constitutional Court
Appointed by the President of South Africa
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief Justice gov.za · checked
- Mandisa Muriel Lindelwa Maya as Chief Justice api.pmg.org.za · checked
- Deputy Chief Justice gov.za · checked
- Dunstan Mlambo as Deputy Chief Justice api.pmg.org.za · checked
- Justice of the Constitutional Court gov.za · checked
- Kate Savage as Justice of the Constitutional Court concourt.org.za · checked
- Leona Theron as Justice of the Constitutional Court api.pmg.org.za · checked
- Nambitha Dambuza as Justice of the Constitutional Court concourt.org.za · checked
- Narandran Jody Kollapen as Justice of the Constitutional Court api.pmg.org.za · checked
- Nonkosi Zoliswa Mhlantla as Justice of the Constitutional Court api.pmg.org.za · checked
- Owen Lloyd Rogers as Justice of the Constitutional Court api.pmg.org.za · checked
- Rammaka Steven Mathopo as Justice of the Constitutional Court api.pmg.org.za · checked
- Steven Arnold Majiedt as Justice of the Constitutional Court api.pmg.org.za · checked
What it can do
- Decide constitutional matters
The Constitutional Court is the highest court in all constitutional matters and decides on the constitutionality of Acts and conduct of the President and Parliament (Constitution s167).
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Sources for what it can do
- Decide constitutional matters gov.za · checked
Sources
- gov.za · checked Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996 (gov.za), read 2026-10-12: structure of the Presidency, Cabinet, Parliament, National Assembly, NCOP and Constitutional Court; websites from the bodies themselves. For: Constitutional Court
- gov.za · checked Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996 (gov.za), read 2026-10-12: sections cited in each power description. For: Decide constitutional matters
- gov.za · checked Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996 (gov.za), sections 46, 52, 60, 64, 86, 91, 167, 174, read 2026-10-12: sizes and how each office is filled. 2024 regional seat split from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_African_general_election (Wikipedia fallback; sums to 200). For: Chief Justice, Deputy Chief Justice, Justice of the Constitutional Court
- api.pmg.org.za · checked PMG member API (current flag, house, party) read 2026-10-12, with Parliament ministers page https://www.parliament.gov.za/ministers, Presiding Officers pages https://www.parliament.gov.za/na-presiding-officers and https://www.parliament.gov.za/ncop-presiding-officers, Constitutional Court judges page and gov.za leaders page https://www.gov.za/about-government/leaders: who holds each office now. President Ramaphosa re-elected by the National Assembly 14 June 2024 and sworn in 19 June 2024; Deputy President Mashatile since 7 March 2023; Speaker and Deputy Speaker elected 14 June 2024; other start dates left empty because no source was read. Fallback: Parliamentary Monitoring Group API (api.pmg.org.za/member/), because the member list on parliament.gov.za is rendered by script and blocked to automated browsers (WAF); party counts give exactly 400 once one non-member minister is excluded. For: Mandisa Muriel Lindelwa Maya as Chief Justice, Dunstan Mlambo as Deputy Chief Justice, Leona Theron as Justice of the Constitutional Court, Narandran Jody Kollapen as Justice of the Constitutional Court, Nonkosi Zoliswa Mhlantla as Justice of the Constitutional Court and 3 more
- concourt.org.za · checked Constitutional Court of South Africa, Current judges (permanent justices) page, read 2026-10-12: Justice Dambuza and Justice Savage listed among the permanent justices. Start date not stated there (Wikipedia gives 1 May 2026, unconfirmed). For: Kate Savage as Justice of the Constitutional Court, Nambitha Dambuza as Justice of the Constitutional Court
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