JUSTICE MBUYISELI MADLANGA'S JOURNEY
■ Born in a rural village of Njinji outside Mount Frere in the Eastern Cape on 27 March 1962.
■ Matriculated at Mariazell High School in Matatiele.
■ Got his BJuris at University of Transkei. Got his LLB at Rhodes University.
■ Lectured part time at Rhodes while working for the Department of Justice to fulfill bursary obligations. They paid fees for his LLB.
■ He then lectured full time for two years at Rhodes.
■ Graduated with an LLM Degree in Human Rights and Constitutional Law, Cum Laude, from University of Notre Dame in Indiana, USA.
■ He did his internship at Amnesty International at the Washington DC Office, USA.
■ Came back to South Africa and completed pupillage at the Johannesburg Bar. Went to practice at the Mthatha Bar.
■ In 1996, at the age of 34, he was appointed as a Judge of the Mthatha High Court, becoming the youngest Judge at the time.
■ At the age of 37, he was appointed Acting Judge of Appeal at the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein.
Through the #MadlangaCommission we are in the hands an outstanding Jurist. Thank you Chair for your service. 🙏🏽🇿🇦🤍
1. Baloyi: The Destroyer. She surgically dismantles every weak argument.
2. Khumalo: Calm, polite, and lethal. He boxes you in before you even know it.
3. Madlanga: The Final Nail. He waits for the perfect moment to deliver the finishing blow.
The fact that ukwazi ukuziyela wena ngqo kuNkulunkulu 🙌🏾😭❤️ Oh it’s such a big deal 🥹 ukuthi I can just say “baba wethu osezulwini” at any point. I don’t need a mediator, ngimlanda Mina uqobo lwakhe? 🥹 kahleni 🙌🏾
my problem is that I am not an inquisitive friend. i do not ask questions about things you’ve not voluntarily shared. because of this, it may sometimes seem as though i do not care. and this happens in all my relationships.