{"id":56922,"date":"2026-04-22T18:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=56922"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:53:13","slug":"judiciary-mourns-retired-judge-president-achmat-naeem-jappie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/22\/judiciary-mourns-retired-judge-president-achmat-naeem-jappie\/","title":{"rendered":"Judiciary mourns retired KZN JP Achmat Naeem Jappie&#8217;s passing &#8211; SABC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Chief Justice Mandisa Maya, on behalf of the South African Judiciary, has expressed deep sadness at the passing of retired Judge President Achmat Naeem Jappie, describing him as a distinguished jurist who served the people of South Africa with honour and integrity.<\/p>\n<p>The former KwaZulu-Natal Judge President passed away on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Jappie was first appointed to the bench in 1998.<\/p>\n<p>He served as Deputy Judge President and was later appointed Judge President of the KwaZulu-Natal Division of the High Court. He was also appointed as an Acting Judge of the Constitutional Court and had a short stint at the Labour Appeal Court.<\/p>\n<p>The judiciary has extended its heartfelt condolences to the loved ones of Jappie, whose passing is described as a great loss to the Judiciary and the legal profession.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">22 April 2026<\/p>\n<p>Media Statement<\/p>\n<p>THE SOUTH AFRICAN JUDICIARY MOURNS THE PASSING OF RETIRED JUDGE PRESIDENT ACHMAT NAEEM JAPPIE<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa, Chief Justice Mandisa Maya on behalf of the South African Judiciary, has expressed deep sadness at the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BFyhSRYqll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/BFyhSRYqll<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RSAJudiciary (@OCJ_RSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OCJ_RSA\/status\/2046969298447462719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">April 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I extend my deep condolences to the family, friends, former colleagues, and associates of Achmat Naeem Jappie, former Judge President of KwaZulu-Natal, who has passed away at the age of 70.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Jappie was a longstanding champion of justice in our nation through his rich\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cyril Ramaphosa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 (@CyrilRamaphosa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CyrilRamaphosa\/status\/2046962870269751402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">April 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Judiciary #mourns #retired #KZN #Achmat #Naeem #Jappies #passing #SABC #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Justice Mandisa Maya, on behalf of the South African Judiciary, has expressed deep sadness at the passing of retired&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56924,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56922\/revisions\/56924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}