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20th-century South African lawyers

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Nelson Mandela
First President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
F. W. de Klerk
7th state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994
Thuli Madonsela
South African lawyer
Harry Schwarz
South African activist (1924-2010)
Bram Fischer
South African lawyer and anti-apartheid activist (1908-1975)
Jan Christiaan Heunis
South African politician (1927-2006)
Mandisa Maya
South African judge
Albie Sachs
South African anti-Apartheid activist leader, author and judge of the Constitutional Court (born 1935)
George Bizos
Greek-South African lawyer
Pixley ka Isaka Seme
South African politician (1881-1951)
Oswald Pirow
South African far-right politician (1890–1959)
Edwin Cameron
South African judge
Nicolaas Havenga
South African politician (1882–1957)
Brigitte Mabandla
South African politician
Sisi Khampepe
lawyer and judge
Pius Langa
South African judge and activist (1939–2013)
Victoria Mxenge
South African activist (1942–1985)
Zainunnisa Gool
South African activist
Alex Boraine
South African politician (1931–2018)
Barney Pityana
South African lawyer
Kathleen Satchwell
South African judge
Christine Qunta
South African writer, lawyer and entrepreneur
Catherine O’Regan
South African lawyer
Makgatho Mandela
South African lawyer (1950–2005)
Ismail Mahomed
South African judge
Felicia Kentridge
South African lawyer (1930-2015)
Leona Theron
South African Constitutional Court judge
Leo Kuper
South African philosopher
Anton Muziwakhe Lembede
South African politician
Frans Erasmus
South African politician
Duma Nokwe
South African activist (1927-1978)
Dumisa Ntsebeza
South African lawyer
Raymond Zondo
Chief Justice of South Africa
Percy Yutar
South African lawyer and prosecutor (1911–2002)
Bess Nkabinde
South African judge
Brian Currin
South African lawyer and activist
John Dugard
South African judge
Ruth Hayman
Anti-apartheid activist and lawyer
Thomas Graham
South African tennis player (1860–1940)
Claire Palley
British lawyer
Joel Joffe, Baron Joffe
British lawyer (1932–2017)
Gerrie Nel
South African lawyer
Michael S. Comay
Israeli diplomat
Phindiwe Sangweni
South African politician
Cathi Albertyn
South African academic
Griffiths Mxenge
South African activist (1935-1981)
John Wiley
South African cricketer (1927-1987)
Sandile Ngcobo
South African judge
James Kantor
lawyer and writer
Ashby Peter Solomzi Mda
South African politician (1916-1993)
Archie Gumede
South African politician
Nicholas Haysom
South African lawyer and diplomat (1952–2026)
Morris Alexander
South African Jewish politician (1877–1946)
Yasmin Sooka
South African lawyer
Mogoeng Mogoeng
former Chief Justice of South Africa
Mathole Motshekga
South African politician
Bennie Goldin
Zimbabwean lawyer and judge
Lucas Cornelius Steyn
Chief Justice of South Africa (1903–1976)
Lourens Ackermann
South African judge
Annali Basson
South African judge