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

Personal:

9 September 1952; Cofimvaba

Five children

Education:

Matric Osborn High School

B.Juris  Fort Hare

LLBVista

Professional History:

Administrative clerk: 1974, Tsolo, EaternCape

University of Fort Hare:1975-1977, B Juris

Acting Assistant Magistrate: 1978,Tsolo; Mthatha and Cofimvaba Eastern Cape.

Student Fort Hare 1979

Magistrate: 1980– 1986

Inspector of Magistrates 1985-1989

Magistrate, Mdantsane1989-1990

Director-General Bisho 1991-1992

Magistrate East London, September 1992-December 1992

Lecturer Justice College, Pretoria 1993 -1996

Part time Lecturer Vista 1995

Part time Lecturer; Nothern Transvaal Technikon,Soshanguve 1996-1998

Practising Advocate: 1997-2005, Pretoria Bar

Senior Counsel: 2006-2017, Pretoria Bar

Member of the Magistrates’ Commission: 1998-2004

Commissioner Marikana Commission: September 2012 to December 2015

Acting Judge of the High Courtand Labour Court Eastern Cape and Gauteng Divisions: 2004 – 2017

Judge of the High Court Eastern Cape: October 2017

Acting Judge of the Labour Appeal Court; February to March 2022, First Term and July to September 2022, Third Term;

Acting Deputy Judge President Mthatha Eastern Cape Division from November 2022 to 30 September 2023

Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 October 2023 – 30 November 20

Personal:

13 February 1954

Partner: Gillian Becks

Education:

BA (1975) University of Natal (Pietermaritzburg)

LLB (1977) University of Natal (Pietermaritzburg)

Professional History:

Admitted as advocate of the High Court of Rhodesia (September 1978)

Public Prosecutor and State Advocate, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (December 1977 -1981)

Senior Public Prosecutor, Bulawayo, and Attorney-General’s representative in Matabeleland and West Midlands (1981)

Articled clerk at Francis Thompson & Aspden, Cape Town (1982-83)

Admitted as attorney of the Supreme Court of South Africa (January 1984)

Professional Assistant at Francis Thompson & Aspden, Cape Town (1984)

Admitted as advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa (13 February 1985)

Practising advocate at the Cape Bar, Cape Town (July 1985 - September 2009)

Appointed Senior Counsel (November 2000)

Acting Judge in the Cape Provincial Division for various periods between January 2001 and June 2009.

Judge of the High Court of South Africa, Western Cape Division (12 October 2009)

Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal (1 October 2023 -30 November 2023)

Other Activities

Small Claims Court Commissioner (1993-2005)

Member of Cape Bar Council (2004-2005)

Vice Chairperson, Cape Bar Council (2005-2007)

Chairperson, Cape Bar Council (2007-2008)

Executive member, General Council of the Bar of South Africa (2008-2009)

Advocacy trainer (2010-2022)

Publications:

‘Lost in translation: The need for the judicious use of comparative law’, 2017 (2) JCCL&P 1.