• Musi AJA
  • Phatshoane AJA
  • Vally AJA
  • Windell AJA
  • Bloem AJA
  • Modiba AJA
  • Molitsoane AJA
  • Norman AJA

 

Personal       Poyo Dlwati AJA
15 September 1975, Nkwenkwana Location, Engcobo, Eastern Cape
Husband: Mahlubonke Dlwati
Two children
 
Education
Matric: Mt Arthur Girls High School, Lady Frere
B Proc (1995) University of Transkei
Postgraduate Diploma in Tax (1997) University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg
Certificate in Commercial Law, 2005, Black Lawyers Association Legal Education Centre
 
Professional History
Part- time teacher,  Mehlokazulu High School, Pietermaritzburg: 1996 
Articles of Clerkship with Jenny Budree & Associates and Hoskins & Ngcobo Attorneys, Pietermaritzburg: 1997-1999
Admitted and enrolled as an Attorney and Conveyancer of the High Court of South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal Division: 12 February 1999
Professional Assistant, Hoskins &Ngcobo Attorneys: February 1999-July 2000
Partner & Director at Ngcobo Poyo & Diedricks Attorneys:  August 2000- May 2014
Sat as Assessor in the Pietermaritzburg High Court at various times from 2003 to 2011
Acting Judge; KwaZulu-Natal Division of the High Court, Pietermaritzburg: 15 October- 18 November 2012, 4 March-14 April 2013, 3-28 June 2013, 2-27 September 2013, 11 November 2013-13 December 2013, 27 January-30 March 2014
Judge, KwaZulu-Natal High Court: 1 June 2014
Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 June 2020 - 30 November 2020, 1 December 2020 - 31 May 2021
 
Publications, Awards, Honours and Other Activities
Named as a Woman of Substance by You Magazine: October 2003
Member of the Deeds Registries Regulation Board: 2003-May 2014
Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Bid Appeals Tribunal: December 2005-May 2014
Examiner of the Attorneys’ Practice and Procedure Examinations in KwaZulu-Natal:2005-May 2014  Chairperson, Black Lawyers Association, Pietermaritzburg Branch: 2003-2005
Founding Member and Secretary of KZN Chapter of South African Women Lawyers Association: 2007-2009
President, KwaZulu-Natal Law Society: 2008
Member of the Provincial Advisory Panel for Implementation of Municipal Rates Act of 2003: 2008
Co-Chairperson of the Law Society of South Africa: 2009 – 2010
National Moderator, Conveyancing Examination: 2009 – 2014
President, Southern African Development Lawyers Association: 2010-2012
Recipient of the South African Women Lawyers Association History & Icon Programme: 2012
Finalist in the Law Category of KZN Women of Excellence by the Durban Chamber of Commerce: 2012
Member of the Rules Board of Courts: January 2012 – May 2014
Trustee of the Victoria &Griffiths Mxenge Memorial Trust: 2009 to date
Member of the South African Chapter of the International Association of Women Judges; 2018
Trained as a Mediator and Trainer in Mediation: Utah USA October 2019
Leader of Couples Ministry in Maritzburg Christian Church: December 2019 to date
 
 
 
PERSONAL   Unterhalter AJA
Date and place of birth: 18th November 1958, Johannesburg
 
EDUCATION
BA – Trinity College, Cambridge
MA – Trinity College, Cambridge
LLB – University of Witwatersrand
BCL – University College, Oxford
 
 
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa and member of the Johannesburg Bar: 1990 - 2017 
Conferment of Silk: 2002 
Called to the English Bar, member of Monckton Chambers: 2009 - 2017       
Member of the Appellate Body, WTO: 2007 - 2013
Professor of Law, University of the Witwatersrand: 2007 - 2013 
Chairman of the Appellate Body, WTO: 2010 - 2011
Professor of Law, University of Cape Town: 2014 to date
Acting Judge, Gauteng High Court: 2003 2007 (various appointments)
Judge of the High Court: 2018 to June 2024
Acting Judge, Competition Appeal Court: 2018 to date
Acting Justice of the Constitutional Court (February 2022 - March 2022; May 2022 - July 2022)
Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 June 2020 - November 2020; 1 December 2020 - 31 March 2021; 1 April 2021 - 31 May 2021; 08 July 2021 - 30 September 2021; 1 October 2021 - 30 November 2021; 1 December 2022 - 31 March 2023; 1 April- 31 May 2023; 1 June - 30 November 2023; 01 June - 30 September 2024
Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 July 2024 to date
 
PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
  •  Publications in the fields of public law, trade, and competition law
  • Visiting Professor University College, London, Columbia Law School; and NUS
  • Chair, Southern Africa at large, Rhodes Scholarships
  • Head of the Centre for Applied Legal Studies and the Mandela Institute

 

 

 
Personal:  Sutherland AJA
Roland Terence Sutherland, b 1 February 1951.
Married to Janet Montgomery.
Two sons: Andrew and Graeme.

 

Education:
St Catherine’s Convent School, Florida, 1957 – 1960
Florida English Medium Primary School, 1960 -1963
Florida Park High School, 1964 - 1968
University of The Witwatersrand:
BA (History and Law) 1972
LLB 1975
Higher Diploma in Tax Law 1982
Certificate in Industrial Relations, 1989
MA (Applied Ethics) 2016

 

Professional Occupational History:
Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court 1968 - 1972
Public Prosecutor, District Magistrates’ Court 1972 -1974
Public Prosecutor, Regional Magistrates’ Court 1974 – 1975
Public Prosecutor, Specialised Industrial Court for the Province of Transvaal, 1975
State Advocate, Johannesburg and Pretoria High Courts, 1976-1977
Member of the Johannesburg Bar, 1977 – 2011
Silk, 1995
Legal Counsellor, Urban Training Project, Labour Law Clinic 1978-1980
Arbitrator and Mediator, Independent Mediation Service of South Africa 1987 – 1995
Small Claims Commissioner 1985 - 2011
Acting Judge, Johannesburg High court, on several occasions: 1997-2011
Acting Judge, Labour Court, on several occasions: 1997 - 2004
Judge of the Gauteng Division of the High Court, 2012 –
Acting Deputy Judge-President, Gauteng Division, Johannesburg: 2019 and 2020.
Judge of Appeal in the Labour Appeal Court: 2014 -
Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 June 2020 - 30 November 2020

Participation in Legal Professional Affairs:
Chairman, Alternative Dispute Resolution Association of South Africa (ADRASA) 1995 -1996
Honorary Secretary, Johannesburg Bar Council, 1990
Member of Johannesburg Bar Council, 1990 – 1999,
Chairman, Johannesburg Bar Council, 1998/99
Honorary Secretary, General Council of the Bar of South Africa, 1993-1995
Vice Chairman, General Council of the Bar of South Africa, 1999-2001
Chairman, Finance Committee of the General Council of the Bar, 2001 – 2011
Leader, The Bridge Group of Advocates 1999- 2007
Lecturer in Professional Ethics, Johannesburg Bar Pupillage Programme, 2011 – 2013
Member of the General Council of the Bar and Johannesburg Bar, Advocacy Training Team 1996 –
 
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Subcategories

MOKGOHLOA, FIKILE EUNICE.Mokgohloa

Personal:

01 June 1961, Pretoria

One child

Education:

B Juris (1987) University of North West

LLB (1990) University of North West

Professional History:

Candidate Attorney; Tshegofatso Monama Attorneys: 1990-1993

Professional Assistant; Hack Stupel & Ross Attorneys: 1993-1995

Partner; Hack Stupel & Ross Attorneys: 1996-1999

Partner; Mokgohloa Attorneys: January 2000

Acting; Regional Magistrate Bafokeng: July 2001 – August 2001

Acting; District Magistrate Brits: June – July 2002

Acting; Regional Magistrate Bafokeng: November 2002 – September 2004

Acting; District Magistrate Odi: July 2005 – February 2006

Acting Judge; Northern Cape Division: 01 June 2006 – June 2008

Acting Judge; Kwa-Zulu Natal Division: 28 July 2008 – 16 November 2008

Judge; Kwa-Zulu Natal Division: 17 November 2008 – January 2016

Judge; Limpopo Division: 25 January 2016 – 30 June 2016

Deputy Judge President; Limpopo Division: 01 July 2016 - to date.

Acting Judge Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 June 2017 - 30 November 2017.

Acting Judge Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 June 2018 – 30 November 2018.