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Judge Leona Theron was interviewed for the vacant position on the Constitutional Court last week at the same time her judgement giving equal rights to women married under customary law in KwaZulu-Natal was confirmed by the country's highest court. Appointed a judge in 1999 at the age of 33, Theron was the youngest person in that position in KwaZulu-Natal. She was an acting judge in the Eastern Cape in 1998. As a Fulbright scholar, she graduated with a master of laws degree from the University of Georgetown in the United States in 1990. She became an advocate in South Africa the following year. More…
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