Adv Mohamed Shafie Ameermia

He is an admitted Advocate of the High Court of the Republic of South Africa and appointed in February 2014, as full time Commissioner on the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) for a seven (7) year term, tasked with two (2) national programs respectively, on Access to the Right to Housing and the Right to Water and Sanitation. He also served as Acting Chairperson of the South African Human Rights Commission (October 2016- January 2017).

He avidly reads on human rights law, history and philosophy. Prior to his appointment to the Commission (SAHRC), Adv. Ameermia was employed by the Limpopo Provincial Government to advise on legal and related socio economic rights matters where he served in various senior executive managerial capacities. Prior to 2001, he was a Town Secretary at Makhado Municipality, in Limpopo.