Pius Nkonzo Langa SCOB (25 March 1939 – 24 July 2013) was Chief Justice of South Africa from June 2005 to October 2009. Formerly a human rights lawyer, he was appointed as a puisne judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa upon its inception in 1995.

Jul 24, 2013 · When the Constitutional Court of South Africa was established with the advent of a post-apartheid constitutional and democratic era in 1994, Justice Langa was appointed together with ten others as the first judges of the new Court.

Feb 17, 2011 · Pius Nkonzo Langa was born in Bushbuckridge in the eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa, on 25 March 1939, the second of seven children. In 1957, he went to work at a shirtmaking factory until 1960.

The death of Pius Langa has taken away perhaps one of the greatest South Africans, ever. A man who fought with everything he had to become better than before, to overcome the system, even though it was designed specifically to stop him.

Jul 26, 2013 · Born in Bushbuckridge in the then Eastern Transvaal in 1939, Langa studied law by correspondence with the University of South Africa. He was admitted as an advocate of the Supreme Court of...

Jul 25, 2013 · Former Chief Justice Pius Langa passed away earlier this week at the age of 74. This measured man, one who never seemed flustered and always seemed to have time to reflect before speaking, was both a good person and a brilliant jurist.

Langa’s practice as an Advocate reflected the struggle against the apartheid system and his clientele thus included the underprivileged, various civic bodies, trade unions and people charged with political offences and under the oppressive apartheid security legislation.

Jul 24, 2013 · Pius Langa, the former chief justice of South Africa’s Constitutional Court, who died in Johannesburg on 24 July 2013, began his career in court as an interpreter and messenger in the Department of Justice.

Former Chief Justice Pius Langa passed away earlier this week at the age of 74. This measured man, one who never seemed flustered and always seemed to have time to reflect before speaking, was...

Pius Langa (25 Maart 1939 [1] – 24 Julie 2013 [2]) was die hoofregter van die Konstitusionele Hof van Suid-Afrika. [1] Hy is in 1994 deur Nelson Mandela tot die bank aangestel; word in 2001 die adjunkhoofregter; en is in 2005 deur Thabo Mbeki tot hoofregter bevorder.