• Finalist, South Africa’s Most Influential Women Award in the Legal Category, CEO Magazine, 2012
• Member of the Library Advisory Committee of the Judiciary: 2017 - date
• Presenter of Trial Advocacy of the Black Lawyers Association (BLA) Legal Education Centre.
• Provincial Coordinator IAWJ: 2021 - 2023
• Member, Peer Review Committee: South African Chapter of the International Association of Women Judges Journal: 2020 to date.
• Member of the Governance Committee of the National Forum on the Legal Profession 2015.
• Trustee for the Legal Provident Fund: March 2013 to December 2015.
• Chairperson of the Human Resources and Administration Committee of the National Forum on the Legal Profession: March 2015 to 31 December 2015
• Member of the National Forum on the Legal Profession (Legal Practice Act): March 2015 - December 2015
• Deputy Chairperson of Matjhabeng Municipal Planning Tribunal July 2015 - 31 December 2015
• Member of the Free State Operating Licensing Board: February 2013 - December 2015
• Handling disciplinary hearings: South African Football Association Castle and Vodacom Leagues: 2001- 2009
• Committee member, Free State Gender Forum Pioneered by the Office on Status of Women 2000-2003.
• Municipal Conflict Manager, FS 194 IEC for 2000 Municipal Elections
• Executive Committee Member Free State Network on Violence Against Women 2000-2001.
• Member of the Family Law and Gender Committee of the Law Society of the Free State: 2006 - December 2015
• Member of the Family Law and Gender Committees of the Law Society of South Africa: March 2006 - December 2015
• Chairperson of the Gender Committee of the Law Society of South Africa: March 2009 to December 2015
• Chairperson of the Criminal Law and Procedure Committee of the Law Society of South Africa: March 2007 - April 2009
• Member of the Rules Board for the Courts of Law: 2011
• Councilor of the Law Society of the Free State: October 2005 to 31 May 2009, re- elected in October 2013 - 31 December 2015
• Member of the Board of Trustees of the BLA – Legal Education Centre: September 2007 - July 2022
• Member of the South African Women Lawyers Association: 2006 - December 2015
• Deputy President: South African Women Lawyers Association (SAWLA) Free State Branch: 2007 - April 2009.
• Chairperson, of the Black Lawyers Association (BLA) Free State Branch: 2006-2010.
• Deputy Chairperson, The Black Lawyers Association (BLA) Free State Branch: 2004-2006.
• Secretary, Black Lawyers Association (BLA) Free State Branch: 2002-2004.
• National Treasurer, Black Lawyers Association: October 2011 - October 2013
• Member of the Executive Committee of the Black Lawyers Association (BLA) Free State Branch: 2001 - October 2015
• Member of the National Working Committee of the Black Lawyers Association: 2006 - December 2015
• Member of the Black Lawyers Association: 1996 to 2016
• Member of the Bursary Committee of the Attorneys’ Fidelity Fund: 2005- 2009
• Member of the Board of Control of the Attorneys’ Fidelity Fund: 01 March 2006 - 03 April 2009
• Board member, Centre for Citizenship Education and Conflict Resolution Pioneered by the Free State Legislature November 2001- March 2004.
• Board Member: Thusanang Advice Centre 2001-2007.
• Councilor of the Law Society of the Free State: October 2005 - 31 May 2009, re- elected in October 2013 - 31 December 2015
• Member of the Advisory Council of CAOSA (Community Advice Offices of South Africa): September 2021 - date
• Patron: Basadi ba Molao (An Organization dealing with Legal Education and Mediation): January 2022 - date
• Chairperson of the Library Committee, Free State High Court: March 2016 to date
• Member of the Board of Trustees of the BLA – Legal Education Centre: September 2007 - July 2022
• Member of the Network of Judges, The Hague Conference in Private International Law on The Hague Convention on child abduction (1980): 2018 

Personal

Born: 20 July 1959, Danhauser, KwaZulu-Natal

Spouse: Kalpana Seegobin

Children: Twin daughters

Education

Matriculated at St Oswald High School, Newcastle (1977)

Obtained BA (Law) from the University of Durban Westville (1980)

LLB, University of Durban Westville (1983)

Certificate in Constitutional Litigation, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg  

Higher Diploma in Tax, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg

Professional History:

Served pupillage, Pietermaritzburg Bar: May- November (1984)

Admitted as an Advocate: August (1984)

Commenced practice as an Advocate: December (1984)

Conferred with SILK: (2007)

Acting Judge of the High Court for various periods: (2000-2010)

Judge of the High Court, KwaZulu-Natal: January (2011)

Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 December 2023 - 31 May 2024

Other Activities:

Member of the Society of Advocates (1984 – 2010)

Chairperson of the Pietermaritzburg Bar (2010)

Member of the National Association of Democratic Lawyers (NADEL)

Member of Advocates for Transformation (AFT)

Publications

The Advocate: M K Gandhi, The Lawyer

The Advocate: Restoring The Dignity Of Our Courts, The Duties Of Legal Practitioners

Personal:

    Fathima Bibi Adam Dawood

    Born 26 May 1969, Durban, South Africa

    Single

Education:

   1986: Matric, Centenary Secondary School, Durban

   1989: BA Law, University of Durban Westville

   1991: LLB, University of Durban Westville

Professional History:

    1992: Served pupillage

    25 May 1992: Admitted as an Advocate

    July 1992-June 2008: Practiced as an Advocate

    1995-1999: Additional Member of the Industrial Court

    2005-2008: Periodical appointments as Acting Judge: High Courts of KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape 

    July 2008: Appointed Judge of the High Court, Eastern Cape, Mthatha

    October 2023-December 2023 and January-March 2024: Acting Deputy Judge 

    President of the Eastern Cape High Court, Mthatha

    Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 April - 31 May 2024

    Acting Deputy Judge President of the Eastern Cape High Court, Mthatha: January – March 2025

    Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 April - 31 May 2025

   Other Professional Activities:

   1995-2005: Commissioner of Small Claims Court

   2007: Chairperson of National Association of Democratic Lawyers (NADEL), Durban

   2007: Secretary of Advocates for Transformation, Durban

   2007: Secretary of the KZN Bar Council, Durban

   2005-2007: Trial Advocacy Trainer and Lecturer for Kwa Zulu Natal pupils

   2006-2007: Motion Court Examiner for KwaZulu Natal and Eastern Cape pupils 

   2017: Member of the International Association of Judges for Refugees and Migrants  

   2018: Judge, Moderator and Member of the National Bar Examinations Board

   2022: Chairperson of the Eastern Cape Judges Library Committee

Pule Tlaletsi

Born: 5 November 1960, Randfontein.

EDUCATION:

Matriculated at Moroka High School in 1980.

Obtained BProc at University of Bophuthatswana (UNIBO) in 1985.

Obtained LLB at University of Bophuthatswana (UNIBO) in 1987.

CERT DEP (Unisa/LSSA) 1 JUNE1999.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Candidate attorney at the Office of the State Attorney until 1987.

Admitted as an Attorney in 1989.

Director at Gura Tlaletsi Inc from 1989 to 2003.

Acting Judge:  Northern Cape Division from April to October 2003.

Judge:  Northern Cape Division from 1 November 2003.

Acting Judge: Labour Courts from April 2004 to June 2004 and 11 April 2005 to 30 June 2005.

Acting Judge President: Northern Cape Division from 1 August 2006 to 15 November 2006.

Acting Judge: Labour Court from 29 January 2007 to 30 March 2007.

Acting Judge: Labour Appeal Court from July 2007 to December 2008 and from April 2009 to 15 December 2009 and 16 December 2003 to 30 June 2010 (interrupted by substantive appointment).

Judge: Labour Appeal Court from 29 April 2010.

Acting Deputy Judge President: Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court from 7 April 2013 to October 2013 and 1 November 2013 to 31 March 2014 (interrupted by the substantive appointment).

Deputy Judge President: Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court from 2 December 2013 to 17 September 2017.

Acting Judge President: Northern Cape High Court from16 September 2014 to 31 December 2014.

Acting Judge President: Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court from 4 April 2016 to 18 June 2016.

Acting Judge President: Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court from April 2017 to 17 July 2017.

Acting Judge President: Northern Cape High Court from 18 July 2017 to 17 September 2017.

Judge President: Northern Cape High Court from 18 September 2017 to date.

Acting Judge: Constitutional Court of South Africa from 01 February 2021 to January 2022.

Acting Judge: Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 April to 31 May 2024.

OTHER ACTIVIES

Member of Lawyers for Human Rights: Executive Committee Member and Treasurer

Mafikeng Region from 1989 to 1996.

Member of the National Association of Democratic Lawyers (NADEL): Branch Secretary, Chairperson and National Executive Committee Member from 1990 to 2003.

Law Society Bophuthatswana: Council Member from 1997 to 2000.

President of the Law Society of Bophuthatswana from 2000 to 2002.

Member of the council (UNIBO) renamed as the University of the North West: 1994 to 1999.

Councillor and chairperson of the executive committee in Mafikeng Local Municipality from 1994 to 1999.

Board Member: Botshelo Water Board from 1995 to 1999.

North West Circle of the Law Society of the Northern Province: Council Member from 2002 to 2003.

Law Society of South Africa (Lssa): Nominated to serve in the Dispute Resolution Committee from 2003.