# Essa Moosa

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**Essa Moosa** (8 February 1936 – 26 February 2017) was a judge in the [Supreme Court of South Africa](/source/Supreme_Court_of_South_Africa). During the [apartheid](/source/Apartheid) era, he was active as a lawyer defending political detainees, and was a founding member of the anti-apartheid [National Association of Democratic Lawyers](/source/National_Association_of_Democratic_Lawyers) (Nadel).[1][2]

## Biography

Moosa was born in Cape Town and was educated at [Athlone High School](/source/Athlone_Secondary_School) where he matriculated in 1954. He obtained a Diploma in Law at the [University of Cape Town](/source/University_of_Cape_Town) in 1960, after which he was admitted as an attorney in 1962. His career as a judge started in 1998 when he acted as a judge, first at the [Free State Division](/source/Free_State_Division) and then the [Western Cape Division](/source/Western_Cape_Division). In 1997, he got involved supporting the Kurdish freedom movement and encouraged several politicians of the [African National Congress](/source/African_National_Congress) (ANC) to take part in the [Musa Anter peace train](/source/Musa_Anter_peace_train).[3] He was permanently appointed to the Cape bench on 18 May 1999.

Moosa was actively involved in human rights issues and represented the [United Democratic Front](/source/United_Democratic_Front_(South_Africa)) and the [African National Congress](/source/African_National_Congress) in a number of cases. He was also a member of the ANC Constitutional Committee.[4]

In 2004 he was awarded the [Order of the Disa](/source/Order_of_the_Disa) by the [Western Cape](/source/Western_Cape) Province.[5] He died on February 26, 2017.[6]

## References

1. ["Struggle veteran Judge Essa Moosa dies"](http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/struggle-veteran-judge-essa-moosa-dies-7938707). IOL. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

1. Ryland, Fisher (26 February 2017). ["Essa Moosa: The struggle lawyer who was 'everywhere'"](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-02-26-essa-moosa-the-struggle-lawyer-who-was-everywhere). Daily Maverick. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

1. Koç, Nilüfer. ["Kurdistan Report - Essa Moosa – ein Kämpfer für Gerechtigkeit"](https://web.archive.org/web/20221212022540/https://www.kurdistan-report.de/index.php/archiv/2017/52-kr-190-mai-juni-2018/570-essa-mossa-ein-kaempfer-fuer-gerechtigkeit). *www.kurdistan-report.de*. Archived from [the original](https://www.kurdistan-report.de/index.php/archiv/2017/52-kr-190-mai-juni-2018/570-essa-mossa-ein-kaempfer-fuer-gerechtigkeit) on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-12.

1. ["Names in the news: New judges"](https://www.gcbsa.co.za/law-journals/1999/september/1999-september-vol012-no3-pp17-18.pdf). *Consultus*. **12** (3): 17. 1999. – via General Council of the Bar of South Africa.

1. ["List of Honourees receiving Provincial Honours 2004"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160421072026/https://www.westerncape.gov.za/Text/2004/12/list_of_provincial_honourees_2004.pdf). 2004. Archived from [the original](https://www.westerncape.gov.za/text/2004/12/list_of_provincial_honourees_2004.pdf) on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

1. [Struggle veteran Judge Essa Moosa dies](http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/struggle-veteran-judge-essa-moosa-dies-7938707)

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