Mahomed Solomon Navsa (born 24 May 1957) is a judge of the

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and its Acting Deputy President in 2015."Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeal"
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Early life

Navsa was born in 1957 in

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. He studied at the

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, where he obtained a BA degree in 1978 and an

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degree in 1980 and he also was heavily involved in setting up and running the community law clinic.

Career

Navsa was admitted to the

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in 1981 and subsequently took up employment at the

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, for fourteen year sand was director of the Johannesburg office from 1990 to 1994. In September 1994 he was granted

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and shortly thereafter was appointed as an Acting Judge of the Supreme Court. Navsa se was appointed to the Bench in the Transvaal Division of the Supreme Court on 1 July 1995. He was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of Appeal with effect from 9 December 2000 and acted as

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judge during 2008. During 2015, Navsa acted as the deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal.

References

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