Leaders are faced with a myriad of complex issues and it requires insightful leadership rather than just good management to ensure success and sustainability.
With this in mind the North-West University (NWU) Leadership Summit – which will take place on 10 August 2017 – will bring together some of South Africa’s most brilliant business and public sector minds to share their leadership insights and practices. One such a leader is Justice Bess Nkabinde.
Justice Nkabinde, an alumna of the NWU’s campus in Mahikeng, serves as a judge of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of South Africa. In 2016 she also held the positions of acting Deputy Justice and acting Chief Justice.
More about Bess Nkabinde
Bess Nkabinde-Mmono was born in Silwerkrans in the North West Province in 1959. She matriculated in 1979 from the Mariasdal High School in Tweespruit (Free State) and started her rise to the Constitutional Court by first obtaining a BProc degree from the University of Zululand followed by an LLB from the then University of North West.
She started her illustrious career as a state law advisor in the former Bophuthatswana and in 1988 she obtained her admission as an advocate in Bophuthatswana. In 1989 she was admitted as an Advocate in South Africa. From 1990 – 1999 she served as an Advocate in the North West Bar specialising in civil, commercial, matrimonial as well as criminal matters. In 1994 she formed part of the Mpshe Commission of Inquiry into the Mutiny of Warders at Mogwase Prison.
After serving as the Acting Judge of the High Court (Bophuthatswana Provincial Division) and later the Judge of the High Court – also within the Bophuthatswana Provincial Division, she served as an acting Judge of the Labour Court in Johannesburg. The year 2003 saw her being appointed to serve on the Special Tribunal on civil matters. Before joining the Constitutional Court in 2006 she was an acting Judge of the Labour Appeal Court, a member of the sub-committee of the Coordinating Committee of the Justice System on Racism and Sexism, Chairperson of the Rules Board for Courts of Law and Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal.
More about the NWU Leadership Summit
The aim of the NWU Leadership Summit is to create a platform from which intellectual capital can be shared and, by doing so, contribute towards sustainable and innovative leadership in business, government and civil society. By means of the Summit, individuals will be afforded a valuable opportunity for first-hand interaction with other leaders who have their fingers on the pulse of economic and management issues.
Proceeds from the Summit will go to the Ukuvula Foundation, a charitable not-for-profit organisation that was established to coordinate and fund social development initiatives. The Foundation’s vision of “making a difference through shared learning, development and empowering people” is underscored by the fact that most of the assistance granted is in the form of bursaries for tertiary education. Students of the NWU will therefore directly benefit from this initiative.
For more information on the summit as well as to register please click here.
* The Summit will take place at the Birchwood Hotel from 09:00 – 15:30.
Justice Bess Nkabinde.
