Johan Conradie

Johan Conradie
Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal
In office
1 June 2002 – 2007
Appointed byThabo Mbeki
Judge of the Supreme Court
In office
1987 – 31 May 2002
Appointed byP. W. Botha
DivisionWestern Cape
Personal details
Born
Johannes Hendrik Conradie

(1938-06-15) 15 June 1938 (age 86)
Johannesburg, Transvaal
Union of South Africa
CitizenshipSouth Africa
EducationHelpmekaar Kollege
Alma materUniversity of the Witwatersrand

Johannes Hendrik Conradie (born 15 June 1938) is a South African retired judge who served in the Supreme Court of Appeal from 2002 to 2007. He joined the bench in 1987 as a judge of the Supreme Court's Cape Division, later the Cape High Court. Before that, he was a practising silk in Johannesburg.

Early life and education

Conradie was born on 15 June 1938 in Johannesburg.[1] He attended Laerskool Jan Celliers and Helpmekaar High School, matriculating in 1956.[1] After one year of undergraduate study in Switzerland at the University of Basel, he enrolled at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he completed a BA in 1959 and an LLB cum laude in 1963.[1]

Conradie was admitted as an advocate in 1964 and practised law at the Johannesburg Bar for the next 23 years, taking silk in 1982.[1] He was an acting judge in the Supreme Court of South Africa in 1984 and 1985.[1]

Judicial career

In 1987, he was permanently appointed to the bench as a judge of the Supreme Court's Cape Division.[1] He served in that court (which later became a division of the High Court of South Africa) until 1 June 2002, when he was elevated to the Supreme Court of Appeal;[1] he was appointed to the appellate court by President Thabo Mbeki on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission.[2] He retired in 2007.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Nuwe regters: Regter Johan Conradie" (PDF). Advocate (in Afrikaans). 15 (2): 20. August 2002.
  2. ^ "Presidency appoints eight high court judges". IOL. 21 April 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2024.