Kenneth Mthiyane
{{Short description|South African judge (1944–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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|office1 = Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa
|term_start1 = 2012
|term_end1 = 2014
|predecessor1 = Louis Harms
|successor1 = Mahomed Navsa (Acting)
|office2 = Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal
|term_start2 = 2001
|term_end2 = 2012
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|office3 = Judge of the KwaZulu-Natal Division of the Supreme Court
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|birthname = Khayelihle Kenneth Mthiyane
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|birth_place = Ndwedwe, South Africa
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|alma_mater = University of South Africa
University of Natal
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Khayelihle Kenneth Mthiyane SC (13 September 1944 – 28 January 2021) was a South African jurist, judge and deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa.{{Cite web|last=The Judiciary|date=2021|title=Media Statement: The passing on of Justice Khayelihle Kenneth Mthiyane|url=https://www.judiciary.org.za/images/news/2021/Media_Statement_-_The_Passing_on_of_Justice_Khayelihle_Kenneth_Mthiyane.pdf}}
Early life and education
Mthiyane was born in Ndwedwe, in Kwazulu-Natal and received his education at Loram Secondary school, where he matriculated in 1967. He then enrolled at the University of South Africa and obtained his BIuris degree in 1972 after which he furthered his studies at the University of Natal obtaining an LL.B. in 1984 and an LL.M. in 1994.{{Cite journal|date=1997|title= The Judiciary|url=https://www.gcbsa.co.za/law-journals/1997/may/1997-may-vol010-no1-pp21-22.pdf|journal= Consultus|volume=10|issue=1|pages=22|via= General Council of the Bar of South Africa}}
Career
Mthiyane was admitted as an attorney in 1975 and nine years later was admitted as an advocate, joining the Durban Bar in 1984. He was granted senior counsel status in 1995 and was given his first acting judge appointment shortly thereafter. Mthiyane was appointed judge to the KwaZulu-Natal Division of the High Court. In 2001, he was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal and, after serving for eleven years in that court, was appointed its Deputy President of the court in 2012, which post he held until he retired in 2014.{{Cite web|title=Supreme Court of Appeal: History|url=https://www.supremecourtofappeal.org.za/index.php/history|access-date=2021-03-01|website=www.supremecourtofappeal.org.za}} He then served as a Chairperson of the Electoral Court of South Africa.
Death
Mthiyane died on 28 January 2021, after a short illness due to COVID-19 complications during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa, and within a week after the funeral of his wife, Mrs S'thandiwe Mthiyane.{{Cite web|last=Nxumalo|first=Sakhiseni|date=2021|title='Humble' SCA deputy president dies days after wife - both Covid-19 victims|url=https://www.iol.co.za/mercury/news/humble-sca-deputy-president-dies-days-after-wife-both-covid-19-victims-e4abe544-2656-4430-bb0a-d18098e8158c|access-date=2021-03-04|website=www.iol.co.za|language=en}}
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Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
Category:People from Ndwedwe Local Municipality
Category:University of South Africa alumni
Category:University of Natal alumni
Category:Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeal (South Africa)