Helm van Zijl

The Honourable
Helm van Zijl
QC
Judge President of the Cape Provincial Division
In office
1975–1979
Preceded byTheo van Wyk
Succeeded byJack Watermeyer
Judge of the Cape Provincial Division of the Supreme Court
In office
1950–1975
Personal details
BornJacobus Wilhelmus van Zijl
(1909-12-22)22 December 1909
Cape Town, Cape Colony
Died22 January 1992(1992-01-22) (aged 82)
EducationStellenbosch University
ProfessionAdvocate

Jacobus Wilhelmus van Zijl QC (22 December 1909 – 22 January 1992) was a South African judge and Judge President of the Cape Provincial Division of the Supreme Court from 1975 until 1979.

Early life and education

Van Zijl was born in Cape Town, the son of justice, Hendrik Stephanus van Zyl and his wife, Dorothy Constantia Sauer. He matriculated at Rondebosch Boys' High School, after which he studied law at the University of Stellenbosch.

Career

Van Zijl started practising as an advocate in 1933 and became a member of the Cape Bar. In 1950 he was permanently appointed a judge to the Cape Provincial Division of the Supreme Court. After the death of Justice Theo van Wyk in 1975, he was appointed as Judge President of the Cape Provincial Division.

In 1950, the South African government set up a Press Commission to monitor the activities of the press and Van Zijl was appointed its first chairman.

References

  1. ↑ GISA (2008). South African Genealogies Vol 17, X – Z & Addendum. Stellenbosch: Genealogical Institute of South Africa. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-7972-1216-9. OCLC 42873059.
  2. 1 2 Who's who of Southern Africa 1962. Johannesburg: Wootton & Gibson (PTY) LTD. 1962. p. 772.
  3. ↑ Friedman, Gerald; Gauntlett, Jeremy (2013). Bar, bench & bullshifters : Cape tales 1950-1990. Cape Town, South Africa: Siber Ink. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-920025-69-4. OCLC 846790131.
  4. ↑ Kolbe, Hilton Robert (2005). "The South African print media: from apartheid to transformation". ro.uow.edu.au.