Fikile Eunice Mokgohloa (born 1 June 1961) is a South African judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal.
[7][8] In March 2012, Mokgohloa was one of two candidates shortlisted by the Judicial Service Commission for possible appointment to succeed Chiman Patel as Deputy Judge President of the KwaZulu-Natal High Court.
[10] Mokgohloa's nomination was supported by 14 members of the bench, while Madondo was supported by only three, but commentators believed that the Judicial Service Commission was troubled by this public judicial lobbying; after interviews were held in April, the commission announced that it would not recommend either Mokgohloa or Madondo for appointment but would instead re-advertise the vacancy.
The other two candidates were judges Frans Kgomo and Legodi Phatudi, and the Judicial Service Commission recommended Mokgohloa for the position.
[16] Her nomination was supported by the KwaZulu-Natal branch of Advocates for Transformation, but the National Association of Democratic Lawyers suggested that she required more time at the High Court to prepare for elevation.
[6] Amid concerns about a gender imbalance in the Supreme Court, the Judicial Service Commission recommended all three female candidates for appointment – Mokgohloa, Yvonne Mbatha, and Caroline Nicholls – alongside two men.