Personal:

11 December 1967, Lady Frere, Eastern Cape

Husband: Winton Windell

Three children

Education: 

Matric: Witteberg High School Bethlehem

B Juris: (1988) North-West University

LLB:  (1993) University of South Africa

Professional History: 

Prosecutor: Magistrates’ Court, 1989 -1991

Prosecutor: Regional Court, 1991- 1993

Magistrate: 1993- 2013

Acting Judge: Gauteng Local Division: 2011 and 2013. 

Judge: Gauteng Local Division: 2013 -2022

Acting Judge: Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 June 2022 – 30 November 2022.

Acting Judge: Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 June 2023 – 30 September 2023; 01 December 2024 - 

Other Activities: 

Member:  International Association of Women Judges: SA Chapter.

Trainer of Aspirant Women Judges (2023)

Trainer of Aspirant Judges (2016-2019).

Trainer of Newly Appointed Judges (2013-2019)

Trainer of Newly Appointed Magistrates (2021)

Mentoring of Aspirant Judges (2013 to current)

Lecturer: School for Legal Practice of the Law Society of South Africa (North West): 2006 -2008

Facilitator for the Law, Race and Gender Research Unit, University of Cape Town 1999-2004.

Researcher in the field of “Delictual liability of teachers at the workplace” at the Education Faculty of the North-West University between 2005- 2007.

Personal: 

10 August 1960, Umlazi Township, KZN

Married to Lumka Babalwa Nhlangulela

Three Children

Education:

Matric: Isibonelo High School, Kwa-Mashu Township (1979)
BA Degree at University of Fort Hare (1984)

LLB (1988) University of Natal (Durban)

Professional History:

Attorney: 1991 - 2008
Judge: Mthatha High Court: 1 January 2009 to date
Acting Judge: Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 October 2022 - 30 November 2022; 1 December 2022 - 31 March 2023; 1 April- 31 May 2023; 1 June- 30 September 2023

Personal: 

Born 11 February 1969, Ngangelizwe Township, Mthatha, Eastern Cape.

Married to Nehru Mteteleli Mali.

Three children.

Education:

Matric: Mthatha Technical College (1985).

Dip Iuris (1988) B Iuris (Walter Sisulu University) (1992).

LLB; Walter Sisulu University: (1994).

LLM Tax: University of Cape Town (1996).

Professional History: 

Public Prosecutor: 1988 - 1995.

Articles of clerkship: Blakeway and Leppan Mthatha, EC: 1996 - 1998.

Lecturer: UNITRA (now Walter Sisulu University) Part-time: 1996 -1997.

Non-Practising Attorney employed at SARS: 1999-2006.

Lecturer (UNISA) : 2007 - 2008.

Director: Nelisa Mali Attorneys; Pretoria: 2006 - 2016.

Director: Nelisa Mali Attorneys; East London: 2014 - 2016.

Acting Judge; Gauteng Division of the High Court: 1 October 2013 - 31 December 2013; 1 April 2014 - 30 June 2014; 1 August 2014 - 30 November 2014; 1 February 2015 - 31 December 2015. 

Judge; Gauteng Division of the High Court: 2016 - to date.

Judge; Mpumalanga Division of the High Court: 2019 - 2021.

Acting Deputy Judge President; Mpumalanga Division of the High Court: 1 September 2020 - 31 October 2020.

Acting Judge; Supreme Court of Appeal:  1 October 2022 - 30 November 2022; 1 December 2022 - 31 March 2023; 1 April- 31 May 2023; 1 June- 30 September 2023

Other Activities: 

Visiting Attorney through (the UK-based London Law Firm) the International Lawyers for Africa (ILFA) in the United Kingdom. Placed at Hogan Lovells PLC London worked on International Commercial Law and International Tax Law. The program also consisted of class attendance at Oxford and Cambridge Universities: from August 2011 - December 2011.

Presented a paper on Small Business Taxation in Angola at a 3-day International Tax Conference: in 2012.

Presented various training programs on Tax law through the South African Women Lawyers Association (SAWLA), Black Lawyers Association (BLA), and Law Society of South Africa (LSSA).

Secretary SAWLA Eastern Cape: 2010 - 2013.

Councillor Law Society of the Northern Province: 2013 - 2015.

Chairperson of the Tax Law Committee Law Society of South Africa: 2014 - 2016.

Personal:

26 December 1953, Durban

Wife: Kathryn Rita Olsen

Three children

Education:

Matric: Hilton College, 1970

BA (1973) University of Natal

LLB (1975) University of Natal

Professional History:

Articles of Clerkship, 1976 – 1977

Attorney, 1978 – 1979

Advocate KZN Bar, 1979 – 2014

Senior Counsel, 1994

Acting Judge, KwaZulu-Natal High Court: 1/8/2000 to 3/9/2000; 15/7/2002 to 17/7/2002; 13/4/2004 to 16/5/2004; 28/2/2005 to 3/4/2005; 21/5/2012 to 1/7/2012; 3/3/2014 to 30/3/2014; 14/4/2014 to 31/5/2014.

Judge, KwaZulu-Natal High Court: 1/06/2014

Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 1/12/2022 - 31/03/2023

Other Activities: 

Society of Advocates of KwaZulu-Natal: Secretariat: 1984 to 1986

Member of Bar Council: 1988 to 1990; 2005 to 2007.

Chair of Bar Council: 2008 to 2010.

General Council of the Bar of South Africa:

Chair of Ethics Committee: 1997 to 2008.

Member ad hoc Committee on the Legal Practice Bill: 2010 to 2014.

Member of the Council of the University of Durban Westville: 2003.

Member of the Council of the University of KwaZulu-Natal: 2004 to 2012