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Pius Langa is born

Date
25 Mar 1939
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Pius Langa is born

Justice Pius Nkonzo Langa, deputy president of the Constitutional Court and Chancellor of the University of Natal (now KwaZulu Natal) was born in Bushbuck Ridge, Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). In October 1994, Langa was appointed as Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. He became deputy president of the Court in August 1997. He was appointed Deputy Chief Justice of South Africa in November 2001 and assumed the position of Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa on 1 June 2005. Langa died 24 July 2013

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  1. 01Hayes, S. (ed)(2000).  Who's Who of Southern Africa 2001..., Graighall: Jonathan Ball.
  2. 02SAHO, Pius Nkonzo Langa, from South African History Online, [online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 24 March 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Pius Langa is born. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011592

South African History Online (2011) 'Pius Langa is born', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011592 (Accessed: 22 August 2026).

South African History Online, Pius Langa is born [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011592, (accessed 22 August 2026).

"Pius Langa is born." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011592. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Pius Langa is born." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011592.

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