Dhaya Pillay
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Dhaya Pillay | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the KwaZulu-Natal High Court | |
| Assumed office 2010 | |
| Nominated by | Judicial Service Commission |
| Appointed by | President Jacob Zuma |
| Judge of the Labour Court of South Africa | |
| Assumed office 2000 | |
| Nominated by | Judicial Service Commission |
| Appointed by | President Thabo Mbeki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 January 1958 Durban, South Africa |
| Alma mater | University of South Africa University of Natal |
Dhayanithie Pillay (born 5 January 1958) is a South African judge of the Labour Court and KwaZulu-Natal High Court.[1][2]
Pillay was born in Durban in 1958 and completed her B.Proc at UNISA in 1982.[1] Early in her career as an attorney, she joined the firm of noted activist lawyer Yunus Mohamed, a founding member of the UDF and the instructing attorney in the Delmas Treason Trial.[2] Pillay became heavily involved in important political cases and effectively led the firm when Mohamed was in detention.[2][3]
In the late 1980s, Pillay's practice moved towards labour law, in which she later became an expert, acquiring an LLM in the subject from the University of Natal in 1993.[2] Pillay was a drafter of the Labour Relations Act and later became a senior CCMA commissioner. She also served as an advisor to the drafters of the South African Constitution.[1]