By Kgomotso Ramotsho
The Judge President of the Gauteng Division of the High Court, Judge President Dunstan Mlambo, extended a message of condolences to the family and friends of Judge André Louw. In a statement, Judge President Mlambo expressed his sadness over the passing of Judge Louw who passed away on 20 April.
Judge Louw was elected to the Pretoria Bar Council on several occasions, and acted as a judge in the division on a regular basis, before his permanent appointment. He was actively involved in pupil training at the General Council of the Bar and was also a lecturer in ethics.
The statement also said Judge Louw was a champion of human rights, as is evident by among other things, his membership of Lawyers for Human Rights until the dissolution of the Pretoria branch in 1997. Judge Louw acted as a substitute lecturer in human rights at the University of Pretoria and as collaborator with the centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria on a United Nations (UN) study of the UN Human Rights Treaty System.
Meanwhile, Judge President of the Labour and Labour Appeal Court, Judge President Basheer Waglay, and the Judge President of the KwaZulu-Natal High Court, Judge President Achmat Jappie, released a statement expressing sadness to the family and friends of Judge Simon Ndlovu of the Labour Appeal Court and of the High Court of KwaZulu-Natal.
Judge Ndlovu joined the Department of Justice in 1972, and worked his way up through the ranks as interpreter, clerk of court, prosecutor, magistrate and senior magistrate. In 1995 Judge Ndlovu was appointed as a regional magistrate. He joined the Durban Bar in 2000, passing his pupillage with honours and obtaining the highest marks in the country.
Judge Ndlovu’s extra-legal activities included serving on various committees and boards, and part-time lecturing at the University of Zululand. He passed away on 18 April.
Kgomotso Ramotsho Cert Journ (Boston) Cert Photography (Vega) is the news reporter at De Rebus.
This article was first published in De Rebus in 2017 (June) DR 14.
