The Honourable
Bernard Ngoepe
SC
Judge President of the North Gauteng High Court
In office
1998–2012
Preceded byFrikkie Eloff
Succeeded byDunstan Mlambo
Chancellor of the University of South Africa
In office
18 September 2011 – 8 December 2016
Preceded byChristoph Friedrich Garbers
Succeeded byThabo Mbeki
Tax Ombudsman of South Africa
Assumed office
2013
Preceded byNone
Judge of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa
In office
1995–1998
Personal details
Born
Bernard Makgabo Ngoepe

(1947-10-22) 22 October 1947
Pietersburg, Union of South Afrika
Alma materUniversity of the North
University of South Africa
OccupationJudge
ProfessionLawyer

Judge Bernard Makgabo Ngoepe SC (born 22 October 1947)[1] is a South African Judge serving as Tax Ombudsman of South Africa since 2013. He was the Chancellor of the University of South Africa from 2011 to 2016.

Early life and education

Ngoepe was born in Pietersburg and matriculated at Hebron Institute in Pretoria North in 1967. After school he obtained a BIuris from the University of the North in 1972 and an LL.B. degree from Unisa.[2]

Career

Bust of Judge Ngoepe at the Palace of Justice

Ngoepe was admitted as an attorney and practised as such for seven years before being admitted as an advocate in 1983. In 1984 he joined the Pretoria Bar and in November 1994, he took silk. He received his first acting position as Judge of the Transvaal Provincial Division for the period February 1995 to June 1995. He was permanently appointed to the Bench in the Transvaal Provincial Division in July 1995.[2]

Ngoepe served as an Acting judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa from 15 August 1995 to the end of September 1995. He was also the Chancellor of the University of South Africa (Unisa) until December 2016[3]

In 2013, Ngoepe was appointed as the first Tax Ombudsman of South Africa.[4] In September 2016, the South African Treasury extended Judge Ngoepe's term of office as the Tax Ombudsman for a further three years.[5]

Other Positions Held

  • Tax Ombud of South Africa (first term 2013 to 2016) (extended for a second three year term in 2016)
  • Judge of the African Union's African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights from 2006 to 2014
  • Chancellor, University of South Africa
  • Chairperson, Magistrates’ Commission
  • Member, United Nations Environment Programme Global Alliance of Judges on Environmental Law and participant in the United Nations Environment Programme Global Judges Programme Initiatives
  • Member, Court of Military Appeals
  • Chairperson, Military Legal Services Division Review Council
  • Military Appeals. Judge President, Transvaal Provincial Division of the High Court of South Africa
  • Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein
  • Member, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Amnesty Committee
  • Acting Judge, Constitutional Court of South Africa (1995)
  • Judge, Transvaal Provincial Division of the High Court of South Africa
  • Member, Technical Committee on Constitutional Issues (the Committee drafted the Constitution)
  • Senior Counsel, High Court of South Africa
  • Advocate, High Court of South Africa
  • Founding Member, Black Lawyers Association
  • Private Practice (1976–1983)

Publications and writings

Awards

South African Human Rights Award

References

  1. ↑ "Profile Judge Bernard Ngoepe". Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  2. 1 2 "The Judiciary/Die Regbank" (PDF). Consultus. 8 (2): 113. 1995 – via General Council of the Bar of South Africa.
  3. ↑ "News & Media - Thabo Mbeki is the new Chancellor of Unisa". Unisa. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  4. ↑ Chantelle Benjamin. "Ngoepe appointed as new tax ombudsman". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "South Africa extends tax ombud's term of office: Treasury". The Africa Report (Reuters). Retrieved 10 December 2017.


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