Mahube Molemela | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| President of the Supreme Court of Appeal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 1 June 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appointed by | Cyril Ramaphosa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Xola Petse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Xola Petse (acting) Mandisa Maya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 1 June 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appointed by | Cyril Ramaphosa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former Chancellor of the Central University of Technology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 10 June 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Boet Troskie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Mahube Betty Eister 18 March 1965 Bloemfontein, Orange Free State Republic of South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Sello Molemela | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Fort Hare University of the Free State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mahube Betty Molemela (née Eister; born 18 March 1965) is a South African judge who has been the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal since 1 June 2023. Before her appointment to the Supreme Court in June 2018, she was the first woman Judge President of the Free State High Court from 2015 to 2018. A former attorney, she was appointed to the bench in the Free State in July 2008.