Leonora van den Heever
Leonora van den Heever (an haife ta ranar 9 ga watan Yuli, 1926). tsohuwar alkaliya ce ta Babbar Kotun Afirka ta Kudu. Ita ce alkaliya mace ta farko a Afirka ta Kudu kuma mace ta farko da aka naɗa a matsayin alkaliyar kotun kolin daukaka kara ta Afirka ta Kudu.(Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa).

Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Van den Heever a Windhoek, 'yar Toon van den Heever da Margaretha van den Heever (née Rautenbach). Ta halarci C&N Sekondêre Meisieskool Oranje a Bloemfontein, bayan ta kammala karatunta na uku a Jami'ar Pretoria, inda ta samu, cum laude, digirinta na Bachelor of Arts a Turanci da Latin sannan ta sami digiri na Master of Art, cum laude, cikin Ingilishi. Daga nan ta koyar a Normaalkollege a Bloemfontein amma mahaifinta ya lallashe ta, ta fara aiki na ɗan lokaci a matsayin mai rejista na alkalai sannan ta fara LLB na ɗan lokaci ta Jami'ar Orange Free State, ta kammala karatunta a 1951.

Aiki 

Van den Heever ta fara aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara a Bloemfontein Bar a cikin 1952 kuma a cikin 1968 ta zama babban mai ba da shawara.A cikin 1969 an nada ta alkali a yankin Arewacin Cape, don haka ta zama alkali mace ta farko a Afirka ta Kudu.A 1979 ta fara aiki a Bench na Cape Provincial Division kuma daga lokaci zuwa lokaci a cikin 1982 zuwa 1985, tana cikin Kotun daukaka kara ta Bophuthatswana.

A shekarar 1991 ta zama alkali mace ta farko da aka nada na dindindin a sashin daukaka kara na kotun kolin Afirka ta Kudu a Bloemfontein inda ta yi aiki har sai da ta yi ritaya.Bayan ta yi ritaya tana shekara 70, ta amince ta yi aiki a Cape Provincial Division kuma ta yi hidima na shekaru da yawa a Ofishin Ƙoƙari na Lesotho da Swaziland.

Sauran abubuwan sha'awa 

Van den Heever ta ci gaba da ƙaunar wallafe-wallafen, ta hanyar rubuta littattafan yara biyu da aka buga, da kuma rubuta gajerun labarai a ƙarƙashin sunan da ba a sani ba, don Mujallar Sarie.Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da Asusun Ballet Benevolent Fund for CAPAB kuma a matsayinta na mamba na kungiyar kade-kade ta matasa ta SA sannan kuma ta kasance shugabar hukumar kula da Laburare ta SA.

Girmamawa da kyaututtuka 

Van den Heever ta sami lambar yabo ta Chancellor daga Jami'ar Pretoria a 1996, LLD mai daraja daga Jami'ar Stellenbosch a 1997 da kuma a cikin 1987 lambar yabo ta Nasarar Ofishin Mata.

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