Leonora van den Heever (an haife ta 9 Yuli 1926) tsohon alkali ce na Babbar Kotun Afirka ta Kudu. Ita ce alkali mace ta farko a Afirka ta Kudu kuma mace ta farko da aka nada a matsayin alkalin kotun kolin daukaka kara ta Afirka ta Kudu. An haifi Van den Heever a Windhoek, 'yar Toon van den Heever da Margaretha van den Heever (née Rautenbach). Ta halarci C&N Sekondêre Meisieskool Oranje a Bloemfontein, bayan ta kammala karatunta na uku a Jami'ar Pretoria, inda ta samu, cum laude, digirinta na Bachelor of Arts a Turanci da Latin sannan ta sami digiri na Master of Art, cum laude, cikin Ingilishi. Daga nan ta koyar a Normaalkollege a Bloemfontein amma mahaifinta ya lallashe ta, ta fara aiki na ɗan lokaci a matsayin mai rejista na alkalai sannan ta fara LLB na ɗan lokaci ta Jami'ar Orange Free State, ta kammala karatunta a 1951. Van den Heever ta fara aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara a Bloemfontein Bar a cikin 1952 kuma a cikin 1968 ta zama babban mai ba da shawara.