Personal Details:
Born 27 March 1952 at Lindley, Orange Free State in South Africa
EDUCATION
- Grade 12: Morris Isaacson High School, Soweto, 1970
- B.Iuris : University of the North 1976
- Admitted as Attorney 1979
- 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