From a small village in Cefane, eNgcobo in the Eastern Cape, Justice Zukisa Tshiqi, 65, never imagined she would one day help shape constitutional law at the highest court in SA.
One of her major judgments before retirement is now changing how South African families share time with their newborns.
The Constitutional Court ruling in the Van Wyk v Minister of Employment and Labour matter declared parts of the countrys maternity and paternity leave laws unconstitutional, paving the way for a more equal system of parental leave for mothers, fathers, adoptive parents and commissioning parents.
