Nonkosi Mhlantla | |
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| Justice of the Constitutional Court | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2015 (Acting: January 2013 – December 2013) | |
| Appointed by | Jacob Zuma |
| Preceded by | Thembile Skweyiya |
| Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal | |
| In office 1 December 2008 – 30 November 2015 | |
| Appointed by | Kgalema Motlanthe |
| Judge of the High Court | |
| In office 1 June 2002 – 30 November 2008 | |
| Appointed by | Thabo Mbeki |
| Division | Eastern Cape |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nonkosi Zoliswa Mhlantla 2 May 1964 Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
| Alma mater | University of the North |
Nonkosi Zoliswa Mhlantla (born 2 May 1964) is a South African judge of the Constitutional Court. Elevated to that court in December 2015, she was formerly a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal between December 2008 and November 2015. She entered legal practice as an attorney in her hometown, Port Elizabeth, and joined the bench in June 2002, becoming the first woman ever to be appointed to the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa.