Personal Details:

 

Born 27 March 1952 at Lindley, Orange Free State in South Africa

 

EDUCATION

  1. Grade 12: Morris Isaacson High School, Soweto, 1970
  2. B.Iuris : University of the North 1976
  3. Admitted as Attorney 1979
  4. Certificate Constitutional Law Wits University 1996

 

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

  • SJ Naude Attorneys                         :           1976 – 1979 (Candidate Attorney)
  • Makume Attorneys                         :           1980 – 1981 Katlehong (Sole Partner)
  • Moshidi Kunene & Makume Attorneys : 1981 – 1993 (Partner)
  • Makume Attorneys                         :           1994 – 1996 (Sole Partner)
  • Makume and Associates Attorneys :           1997 – 2007 (Senior Partner)
  • Maluleke, Seriti, Makume Matlala Inc. : 2002 – 2007 (Senior Partner)
  • Makume Attorneys :           2008 – 2010 (Single Practitioner)
  • Acting Judge, High Court of South :           2008 July to September 2008

Africa, Gauteng Division, Johannesburg

  • Appointed as Judge, High Court of :           2010 July  

South Africa Gauteng Division, Johannesburg

  • Acting Judge. Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 October – 30 November 2024

 

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • National General Secretary - Black Lawyers Association 1994 – 1996
  • Vice-President - Law Society of the Northern Province 2002 – 2003
  • Deputy Chairperson - Legal Aid South Africa 2016 – 2019
  • Chairperson - Board of Legal Aid South Africa 2019 to 2024

 

COMMUNITY BASED ORGANISATIONS

  • Deputy Chairperson Katlehong Society for Care of the Aged 1995 to 1999
  • Committee member – Albinism Society for South Africa 1985 – 1992
  • Chairperson West Orlando Golf Club, Soweto – 2001 – 2005
  • Patron – Phake Youth Club NPO