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698:– released a joint statement objecting to Zuma's announcement, claiming that the opposition had not been consulted on the nomination. They also expressed a preference for Moseneke over Ngcobo. However, Ngcobo was interviewed by the Judicial Service Commission in September, in a discussion which focused on Ngcobo's views on the importance of judicial integrity and equal
486:. Having formerly served several stints as a visiting lecturer, he joined the University of Natal as the acting director of its Legal Aid Services Clinic. Then, through 1989, he practised as an advocate in Durban. At the end of that year, however, he returned to Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz as an associate attorney with a labour and
494:. He returned to the Durban Bar, establishing a generalist practice as an advocate but retaining his specialism in labour law. In 1993, he became coordinator of the Equal Opportunities Project of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Natal, and in the same year he was appointed to the now-defunct Industrial Court of
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initiated a legislative amendment to the Judges
Renumeration Act which would explicitly provide for an extension to the Chief Justice's term. However, on 27 July, Ngcobo announced that he had withdrawn his acceptance of the extension and that he would instead retire the following month as initially
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that that, "Ngcobo said he found it undesirable for a chief justice to be party in litigation involving the question of whether or not he should continue to hold office as this detracts from the integrity of the office of the chief justice and the esteem in which it is held". Two days later, the
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In his retirement, Ngcobo continued his public service by chairing several high-profile judicial inquiries in South Africa. In 2013, he was appointed by
President Zuma to chair the newly established Presidential Remuneration Review Commission; between 2014 and 2019, he chaired the
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viewed as the overwhelming favourite to succeed Langa. However, on 6 August 2009, President Zuma announced that Ngcobo was his sole nominee for elevation to Langa's position, saying that Ngcobo had "more experience" than
Moseneke. Three major opposition parties – the
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Constitutional Court handed down its judgement in the challenge to the extension, finding unanimously that
Section 8(a) of the Judges Remuneration Act was unconstitutional and that Zuma lacked the authority to extend a Constitutional Court judge's term of office.
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Justice, Ngcobo was only two years away from mandatory retirement, sparking speculation that President Zuma intended for his term to serve as a stopgap ahead of the appointment of a more controversial successor, such as
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said that this suspicion prevailed throughout Ngcobo's tenure in the court. More generally, Ngcobo was often viewed as a conservative judge, and his critics accused him of executive bias. His majority judgment in
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of 1976 and detained without trial until July 1977; he later said that his detention was a formative experience in his legal career. Upon his release, he worked for several months at the
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Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa's International Court, and he has acted as a judge of appeal in the
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University of Natal, teaching race legislation in 1988 and
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Ngcobo was often described as an "imperial" and "intimidating" Chief
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in February 1999. In subsequent decades, he was a visiting professor at several law schools in the United States, including the
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After ten years on the bench, Ngcobo was elevated to the Office of the Chief Justice in 2011, nominated by President
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which he launched during his brief tenure in the office. These included proposals to empower the
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Albutt v Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation
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He wrote the Constitutional Court's opinion in the landmark
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467:. He was also Higginbotham's research associate at the
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447:, he enrolled at Harvard Law School, concentrating on
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United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
1574:"ConCourt to rule on Ngcobo controversy regardless"
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1034:"Sandile Ngcobo: 'Emperor' true to his green robes"
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Doctors for Life v Speaker of the National Assembly
290:from October 2009 to August 2011. He served in the
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842:in 1995. He was made an honorary professor at the
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424:, also in Durban, in 1982. The Centre focused on
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1652:"Zuma acted unconstitutionally, says ConCourt"
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1521:Underhill, Glynnis (10 June 2011).
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1287:Ogrady, Jenni (20 September 2009).
1141:Dyani-Mhango, Ntombizozuko (2017).
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461:A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.
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1090:"Ngcobo on Concourt"
579:presidential pardons
546:as a justice of the
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852:Columbia Law School
817:Phala Phala scandal
688:Democratic Alliance
649:Mail & Guardian
608:Barkhuizen v Napier
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374:University of Natal
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