Segopotje Mphahlele | |
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Judge President of the Mpumalanga High Court | |
Assumed office 2023 | |
Appointed by | Cyril Ramaphosa |
Preceded by | Frans Legodi |
Deputy Judge President of the Mpumalanga High Court | |
In office 2021–2023 | |
Appointed by | Cyril Ramaphosa |
President | Frans Legodi |
Preceded by | Division established |
Judge of the High Court | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
Appointed by | Cyril Ramaphosa |
Division | Mpumalanga |
In office 2013–2019 | |
Appointed by | Jacob Zuma |
Division | Gauteng |
Personal details | |
Born | August 1968 Mamelodi, Pretoria Transvaal, South Africa | (age 56)
Alma mater | University of the North |
Segopotje Sheila Mphahlele (born August 1968) is a South African judge who is currently serving as the Judge President of the Mpumalanga High Court. Formerly an attorney and insolvency practitioner, she has been a judge of the High Court of South Africa since December 2013.
Born in Pretoria, Mphahlele was appointed to the Gauteng Division of the High Court in 2013, but she transferred to the Mpumalanga Division when it was established in 2019. She was appointed as the division's inaugural Deputy Judge President in 2021 and became its first female Judge President in 2023, in both cases at the appointment of President Cyril Ramaphosa.