Ntsebeza has been in the practice of the law for over thirty years. He was an attorney for about 17 years. From 1993 he taught the law of evidence and criminal law and from 1995, human rights law at
Walter Sisulu University in
Mthatha. He gave up teaching when he was appointed as one of the commissioners on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission from December 1995 to January 1999. In 2005, he became the first African to be conferred silk status in the history of the Cape Bar. He practices general law, including
constitutional and
administrative law,
labour law,
mining law and
land law. He has chaired a number of disciplinary actions and presided on several arbitrations. He is a trained
arbitrator and qualified commercial mediator. Ntsebeza has also sat as a judge in various divisions of the high court of South Africa. ==Family==