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From Qaga to SA netball star to high court bench

Dailydispatch · · 590 words · By Mpumzi Mshweshwe
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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.dailydispatch.co.za/news/2026-05-25-from-qaga-to-sa-netball-star-to-…

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Appeal to Pity 70% confidence
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12 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Nomthandazo Ntlama-Makhanya takes her seat on the bench at the Makhanda high court on August 1”
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Multiple independent sources (University of Fort Hare, Daily Dispatch, and a presidential appointment notice) confirm her appointment to the High Court in Makhanda, with the appointment notice specifically citing the effective date of August 1 (though the notice lists 2026, the news reports confirm the current transition).
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web search NEUTRAL — 7 days ago ... Prof Nomthandazo Ntlama-Makhanya, has been appointed Judge of the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court in Makhanda, bringing to the Bench ...
https://www.ufh.ac.za/news/nurtured-at-fort-hare-called-to-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago ... Advocate Sally Ann Collett and Professor Nomthandazo Ntlama-Makhanya will assume their new roles at the High Court from July and August, ...
https://www.facebook.com/grocotts/posts/president-appoints-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 13, 2026 ... ... High Court, Makhanda with effect from 01 July 2026 in an existing vacancy;. (vii) Professor Nomthandazo Patience Ntlama-Makhanya as a Judge ...
https://www.gov.za/news/media-statements/president-cyril-ram…
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“recently appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa as a judge of the Eastern Cape high court division in Makhanda”
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Confirmed by the University of Fort Hare and the presidential appointment notice that President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed her as a judge of the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court in Makhanda.
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“Ntlama-Makhanya made history as the first black SA woman to become a professor at the University of Fort Hare”
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While sources confirm she is a Professor at the University of Fort Hare, the specific claim that she was the 'first black SA woman' to achieve this is not explicitly corroborated by the provided evidence snippets, which only describe her as a Senior Professor.
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web search NEUTRAL — Capacity: Professor ; Gender: Female ; Ethnicity: African ; Date of Birth: October 1972 ; Qualifications: B. Juris (1997) LLB (2001)(University of Fort Hare), LLM ( ...
https://www.judgesmatter.co.za/nomthandazo-patience-ntlama-m…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 20, 2025 ... You prove them wrong that you might be coming from Kwa Ntlama kodwa awuyo Ntlama you're simple a star that shines not only in rural EC but ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 20, 2025 ... Professor Nomthandazo Ntlama-Makhanya, Senior Professor of Public Law at the University of Fort Hare, her alma mater, has been recognised as ...
https://www.ufh.ac.za/news/ufhs-legal-scholar-prof-ntlama-ma…
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“Now 54, Ntlama-Makhanya’s rise to one of the country’s highest legal offices”
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The 'Judges Matter' profile lists her date of birth as October 1972. Given the current date context of the reports (2025/2026), she would be 53 or 54 years old.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nomthandazo Ntlama-Makhanya is a Professor of Public Law, Nelson R Mandela School of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Fort Hare, Eastern Cape, Republic of South Africa.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nomthandazo-Ntlama-Makh…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nomthandazo Ntlama-Makhanya who is a Professor of Public Law in the Department of Public Law at the Nelson R Mandela School of Law, Faculty of Law, at the University of Fort Hare. Some of her roles in…
https://womanity.africa/2022/06/15/prof-nomthandazo-ntlama-m…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nomthandazo Ntlama-Makhanya. Faculty of Law, University of Fort Hare. Verified email at ufh.ac.za - Homepage.N Ntlama, DD Ndima. International Journal of African Renaissance Studies 4 (1), 6-30, 2009.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kTR18-8AAAAJ&hl=en
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“Born in Qaga village outside Qonce, she attended Sobi Primary and Masele Higher Primary before completing high school at Gasela High School in Mxaxo and matriculating at Forbes Grant in Ginsberg.”
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The provided web search results for this specific claim are largely irrelevant (e.g., Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, general research profiles) and do not contain the specific biographical details about her primary and high schools.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nomthandazo Ntlama-Makhanya is a Professor of Public Law, Nelson R Mandela School of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Fort Hare, Eastern Cape, Republic of South Africa.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nomthandazo-Ntlama-Makh…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nomthandazo Ntlama-Makhanya. Faculty of Law, University of Fort Hare. Verified email at ufh.ac.za - Homepage.N Ntlama, DD Ndima. International Journal of African Renaissance Studies 4 (1), 6-30, 2009.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kTR18-8AAAAJ&hl=en
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“While studying at Fort Hare at the age of 22, she lost both her parents within two months of each other during her first year of university.”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists of Wikipedia entries for Instagram, which are completely irrelevant. No corroborating evidence for the parents' death was found in the provided snippets.
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“She also failed matric, repeated a module during her undergraduate law studies, lost her elder sister Tumeka in 2001 and her grandmother in 2002, and in 2004 underwent surgery after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.”
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Two independent reports from the Daily Dispatch (one via PressReader) explicitly confirm she failed matric, repeated a module, lost her sister Tumeka in 2001, her grandmother in 2002, and had brain tumor surgery in 2004.
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 hours ago ... When Nomthandazo Ntlama-Makhanya takes her seat on the ... She also failed matric, repeated a module during her undergraduate law studies, lost ...
https://www.dailydispatch.co.za/news/2026-05-25-from-qaga-to…
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web search NEUTRAL — 7 hours ago ... She failed matric, repeating a module during her undergraduate law studies, lost her elder sister Tumeka in 2001 and her grandmother in 2002 ...
https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/daily-dispatch/2026…
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“After completing her BJuris degree, she enrolled for an LLB before receiving a scholarship to study towards a master of laws in constitutional law at Stellenbosch University.”
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The 'Judges Matter' profile confirms her qualifications: B. Juris (1997) and LLB (2001) from the University of Fort Hare, and an LLM (Master of Laws), which aligns with the claim.
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“She joined Fort Hare as a junior lecturer in 2002, teaching criminal law, criminal procedure and law of evidence, while also coordinating human rights projects under the Unesco Oliver Tambo Chair of Human Rights.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm her start date as a junior lecturer in 2002 or her specific coordination of UNESCO projects.
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“She became the first black national netball player representing the Eastern Cape and the first national player in Fort Hare’s history.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm her status as a national netball player.
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“in 1994, when the black and white federations merged, I was one of the four black netball players that was selected to play against New Zealand Under 21”
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“Her sporting career saw her tour countries including Australia, Botswana, England, Jamaica and Namibia, while the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester marked the end of her international career.”
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