Date of Birth

22 October 1958

University

BA (1982) (University of Cape Town), BA (Honours) in Classics (First Class) (1983) (University of Cape Town), LLB (Magna Cum Laude) (1985) (University of Cape Town)

History at the Court:

Appointed: 1 August 2022.

Brief biography

Justice Rogers completed his articles at Sonnenberg Hoffmann & Galombik in Cape Town and his pupillage at the Cape Bar in 1988. He was admitted as an advocate and practised at the Cape Bar for twenty-five years, taking silk in 1999. He served as Chairperson of the Cape Bar Council from 2004 to 2005.

Between 2001 and 2011, Rogers served as an acting judge in the Western Cape High Court on several occasions. He also acted in the Labour Court in 2002. In February 2013, he was appointed to the Western Cape Division of the High Court on a permanent basis.

Rogers acted in the Competition Appeal Court between 2015 and 2016, and was permanently appointed to that court in 2017 following a JSC interview. He subsequently acted in the Supreme Court of Appeal for several terms between 2017 and 2021. In 2021, he acted in the Constitutional Court, where Chief Justice Zondo noted his “very important contributions.”

In April 2022, Rogers was shortlisted for appointment to vacancies on the Constitutional Court. President Ramaphosa appointed him with effect from 1 August 2022.

JSC interviews

October 2016 – Competition Appeal Court (appointed)
April 2022 – Constitutional Court (appointed)

Selection of Judgments written

To be populated with a selection of Constitutional Court judgments authored by Justice Rogers.