# COSATU has congratulated Justice Navi Pillay on winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Pillay grew up in a working-class family in Durban. She opened a legal practice in KwaZulu-Natal in 1967 and became South Africa’s first Black female High Court judge in 1995. COSATU spokesperson Matthew Parks says the award recognises her lifelong work to defend human rights and fight injustice:
COSATU congratulates Justice Navi Pillay with Nobel Peace Prize [SOUND]
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