Thuli Madonsela's CV prepares her for new role as academic

20 October 2016 - 16:22 By TMG Digital
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Advocate Thuli Madonsela has been appointed as chair in social justice in the Law Faculty of Stellenbosch University from 2018. The post will involve both teaching and research‚ which combine her previous academic record and professional experience.

The Soweto born Thulisile Nomkhosi “Thuli” Madonsela has degrees in BA (Law) and a LLB from the universities of Swaziland and the Witwatersrand‚ respectively.

After teaching at secondary schools for a number of years‚ she served in various positions in the trade union movement in the mid to late 1980s‚ including as a legal and education officer at the Paper Printing Wood and Allied Workers Union.

In the 1990s she moved to higher education and worked at the University of the Witwatersrand in applied legal studies.

She served as technical expert in the drafting of the Constitution before working in the Department of Justice‚ as Chief Director Transformation and Equity.

She served as a full-time member of the South African Law Reform Commission from 2007 to 2009.

In 2009 she was appointed as South Africa’s third Public Protector‚ her term ending on 14 October 2016.

Advocate Madonsela holds honorary doctorates in law from the universities of Stellenbosch‚ Cape Town and Fort Hare and Rhodes University. She has also been the recipient of a number of prestigious awards such as the Law Society of South Africa’s inaugural Truth and Justice Award.

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