President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Justices Nambitha Christabel Dambuza-Mayosi and Katharine Mary Savage to South Africa’s Constitutional Court, effective 1 May 2025.
The appointments, made after consultation with Chief Justice Mandisa Maya and political party leaders, give the apex court a woman-majority bench, one of the few in the world.
Justice Dambuza-Mayosi has served on the Supreme Court of Appeal since 2015 and previously acted on the Constitutional Court. Justice Savage is a Western Cape High Court judge (since 2015) and Labour Appeal Court judge (since 2024), who helped draft South Africa’s final Constitution.
President Ramaphosa praised both for their “clear commitment to our Constitution.”
The two judges will take their seats next month.