Early career Majola's career began as an Administrative Clerk and Clerk of the Magistrate's Court from 1971 to 1974 in the
Madadeni district in
KwaZulu-Natal,
Legal Resources Centre After his academic career Majola moved to
Johannesburg in 1996 where he was appointed the National Director of the
Legal Resources Centre (LRC), which is a non-profit public interest law organisation that defends poor and marginalised people in South Africa. During his time at the LRC he was involved with the
Treatment Action Campaign in 2002 in relation to the "constitutional provisions dealing with the right of access by poor people to medical [health] care." On the 21st anniversary of the LRC, Majola wrote an article about the significant contributions made by the LRC to the "development of a human rights jurisprudence and the strengthening of constitutional democracy" in South Africa.
United Nations ICTR Deputy Chief Prosecutor In January 2003 Majola left the LRC to become the Deputy Chief Prosecutor at the UN ICTR His work included supporting the Chief Prosecutor
Hassan Bubacar Jallow in "the prosecution of suspects indicted for international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during the
Rwandan genocide of 1994."
ICTR Assistant Secretary-General After 10 years as the Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the ICTR, Majola was appointed by
Secretary-General of the United Nations,
Ban Ki-moon, as the Assistant Secretary-General of the UN and Registrar of the ICTR. His duties also included being the head of the ICTR administration where he provided court management services, staff management, administrative support and Majola "handled related litigation within the UN internal justice system." Majola's seven-year term commenced on 3 January 2017. == References ==