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Hon. Ronald Lamola, Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Driving reform
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onourable Ronald Ozzy Lamola is the current Minister of Justice and an ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) member. He holds a Masters of Law in corporate law and extractive law, both obtained at the University of Pretoria and also acquired an LLM and a post-graduate certificate in telecommunications policy, regulation, and management from Wits.
Minister Lamola enjoys mountain biking, playing football to relax and spending time with his wife and 2-year-old son. He is also the youngest minister in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet. A LIVED EXPERIENCE OF THE CONSTITUTION “I have practised and lived the Constitution from early in my life
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as an activist in the ANC and in actual practice. The Constitution is new, and all of us are still grappling with its interpretation. I am part of one of the first generations that was taught the Constitution in the current dispensation, so I believe it makes me the perfect candidate. I am also qualified to be a judge of any High Court in this country. I have accumulated enough years of practice, and now I can undergo judge training. If I’m qualified to be a judge, I also qualify to be a Minister of Justice.” And, it is clear that he is considered more than qualified. Over and above being re-elected to a seat on the ANC NEC in December 2022 and re-elected to the NWC in January 2023, two of its
