Selby Baqwa | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the High Court | |
| Assumed office 24 May 2012 | |
| Appointed by | Jacob Zuma |
| Division | Gauteng |
| 1st Public Protector of South Africa | |
| In office 1 October 1995 – 30 September 2002 | |
| Appointed by | Nelson Mandela |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Lawrence Mushwana |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Selby Alan Masibonge Baqwa 4 May 1951 Bulwer, Natal Union of South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress (1976–1995) |
| Alma mater | University of Fort Hare University of South Africa De Montfort University |
Selby Alan Masibonge Baqwa (born 4 May 1951) is a South African lawyer and judge who served as the Public Protector of South Africa from 1995 to 2002. He was appointed as a judge of the Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa in May 2012. In 2013, he was nominated unsuccessfully for elevation to the Constitutional Court, where he was an acting judge in 2023.
Born in KwaZulu-Natal, Baqwa practised as a lawyer in Durban between 1976 and 1995, first as an attorney and then, from 1988, as an advocate. He took silk in 1997. Between September 1995 and September 2002, he was South Africa's first Public Protector, appointed to that office by President Nelson Mandela. After he left public service, he was an executive at the Nedbank Group until he joined the judiciary.