PERSONAL:

19 December 1960 PRETORIA

EDUCATION:

MATRIC(1982): VLAKFONTEIN HIGH SCHOOL, MAMELODI

BPROC(1988): UNIVERSITY OF THE   WITWATERSRAND (WITS)

LLB(1990): UNIVERSITY OF THE   WITWATERSRAND (WITS)

LLM (HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONALPRACTICE)

PASSED WRITTEN EXAM; DISSERTATION STILL OUTSTANDING UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA (TUKKIES)                                                                      

COMPUTER LITERACY(1998) UNISCHOOL (UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA)   

PROFFESSIONAL HISTORY:

LEGAL RESOURCES CENTRE (JOHANNESBURG) STUDENT LEGAL ADVISOR 1988

  WITS UNIVERSITY OLIVER SCHREINER LAW LIBRARY STUDENT ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN 1988 - 1990

WITS CAMPUS LAW CLINIC STUDENT LEGAL ADVISOR 1990

MATLALA INCORPORATED CANDIDATE ATTORNEY  1991

PUPILLAGE  PRETORIA SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES PUPIL-ADVOCATE 1992

Admitted as an ADVOCATE on 08/09/1992

PRACTISED AS ADVOCATE PRETORIA ADVOCATES CHAMBERS, PRETORIA JANUARY 1993 – AUGUST 2006

Dec.2004: CONFERRED WITH SILK (SC) STATUS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

29/7/2002- 7/10/2002: ACTING JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT, PRETORIA

27/1/2003- 25/4/2003: ACTING JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT, PRETORIA

Oct.2004: ACTING JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT, PRETORIA

Apr.2005: ACTING JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT, PRETORIA

Apr.2006: ACTING JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT, PRETORA

May 2006: ACTING JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT, MTHATHA &   GRAHAMSTOWN

May 2006: PERMANNTLY APPOINTED AS JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA, GAUTENG DIVISION [took office at PRETORIA from 01 SEPTEMBER 2006].

Acting Deputy Judge President, Gauteng Division, PRETORIA Sep. to Dec 2019

Acting Deputy Judge President, Gauteng Division, PRETORIA Nov. to Dec. 2020

Acting Deputy Judge President, Gauteng Division, PRETORIA Jan. to Sep. 2021

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

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

1994: IEC - PRESIDING OFFICER - HATFIELD PRIMARY, PRETORIA: 1994 ELECTIONS

1995: JUNIOR COUNSEL TO ADV. GEORGE BIZZOS SC-MATTER: S v MAKWANYANE & ANOTHER 1995 (3) SA 391(CC), ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY: BRIEFED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO ARGUE, ON ITS BEHALF, FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY

1996: CO-COMMISSIONER, PICKARD-COMMISSION: ENQUIRY INTO SOUTH AFRICAN FOOTBALL: BRIEFED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE AND REPORT ON IRREGULARITIES IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN SOCCER.

1997: JUNIOR COUNSEL TO ADV. BERTELSMANN SC as he then was-MATTER: NORTHERN PROVINCE LEGISLATION AUDIT: BRIEFED BY THE NORTHERN PROVINCE GOVERNMENT [Now LIMPOPO] TO LOOK INTO LEGISLATION APPLICABLE IN ITS FORMER TERRITORIES (LEBOWA, VENDA, GAZANKULU AND TRANSVAAL) TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO THE AMENDMENTS, REPEAL OR CONSOLIDATION OF VARIOUS LEGISLATION, INCLUDING DRAFTING OF AMENDMENTS AND NEW LEGISLATION FOR THE NORTHERN PROVINCE [Now LIMPOPO].

1999 - 2012: BOARD MEMBER - PRETORIA ACADEMIC HOSPITAL BOARD

2000-2003: MEMBER - INTERNATIONAL AIR SERVICES COUNCIL

2000: MEMBER (DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON):   COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY INTO MISMANAGEMENT, FRAUD, CORRUPTION AND/OR MALADMINISTRATION IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT COUNCIL - NORTHERN PROVINCE [Now LIMPOPO].

2001-2007: MEMBER: THE ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA

Feb. 2002 to Feb 2006: MEMBER OF THE PRETORIA BAR COUNCIL & GCB

2003- MEMBER OF THE LEGAL AID BOARD

Oct. 2019-Oct 2023: APPOINTED AS MEMBER [Vice Chairperson] OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES [NCCS]

Nov. 2023 to date: APPOINTED AS CHAIRPERSON OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES [NCCS]

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

Personal

Surname: Chili

First Names: Nkosinathi Emmanuel

12 August 1964

5 Children

Education

Standard Passed                     :           Matric 1984  

School Attended                     :           Mshiyane High School, Inanda

Institution                                 :           University of Zululand

Qualification Obtained           :          B Juris and LLB; obtained in 1989 and 1992, respectively                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Qualification Obtained           :          Certificate in Major Case Management obtained in London in 2003

Professional History

Volunteer Teacher at Isaviyo Primary School, Ndwedwe for a period of 6

months in 1985.

Court Interpreter at Durban and Verulam Magistrate’s Court from March

1993 to May 1995.

State Prosecutor in Pietermaritzburg and Umlazi Magistrate’s Court from

May 1995 to October 1997.

State Advocate in the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions,

Durban from November 1997 to November 2000.

Senior State Advocate in the office of the Director of Special Operations

(Scorpions as it then was) in Durban from December 2000 to March 2005.

Magistrate in Durban Magistrate’s Court from March 2005 to May 2014.

Acting Judge in the High Court, KwaZulu-Natal:

2 sessions in 2009; 2 sessions in 2010; 2 sessions in 2012; 4 sessions in

2013 and 4 sessions in 2014.

Judge of the High Court, KwaZulu-Natal from 01 June 2014 to date.

Acting Deputy Judge President from 01 October 2023 to 31 December

2023.

Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal for 3 terms: 1 October to 30 November 2024;

1 June to 30 November 2025; 20 October 2026 - 30 November 2026

MEMBER OF LEGAL ORGANISATIONS

Member of the Society of State Advocates from 1999 to 2004.

Member of a committee called “Agents of Change” established in the year 2000 with the view of facilitating transformation at the workplace.

Member of JOASA from 2004 to 2014.

Member of Black Lawyers Association from 1999 to 2014.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Chairperson of Chili Tribunal Authority in Ndwendwe.

Chairperson of Zion Apostolic Church in South Africa

EDUCATION

Matric: Lebogang High School-Welkom.

B. Proc: University of Zululand (1989).

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Clerk at Molefi Litheko Attorneys (1990-1992.)

Articled Clerk (Molefi Litheko Attorneys.  (1992-1995.)

1995-2006 Practiced at various law firms.

Acting District Court Magistrate (2007-2008).

Magistrate (Head of Court- Edenburg) 2008-2018.

Acting Regional Court Magistrate (2 May 2016-26 August 2016).

Acting Judge of the High Court (Free State Division).

29 August 2016-23 September 2016.

10 October 2016-11 November 2016.

21 November 2016-15 December 2016.

9 October 2017-15 December 2017.

29 January 2018- 31 March 2018.

Judge of the High Court (Free State Division) 1 July 2018 to date.

Acting Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal, 01 October – 30 November 2024, 01 December 2024 - 31 March 2025, 01 April 2025 - 31 May 2025

Acting Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal, 01 April 2026 - 31 May 2026

OTHER ACTIVIVIES

Past Committee member of NICRO (Botshabelo).

Past School Governing Body member of BOITUMELO Special School (Thaba Nchu).

Past School Governing Body member of Fadimehang Public School (Botshabelo).

Founding and Committee member of Rethusanang Day Care Centre for the severely mental and physically disabled children (2016-2018).

IEC Investigator into allegations of election law contraventions during the 1994 elections.

Facilitated training of Magistrates.

Facilitated training of candidate attorneys for LSSA in court practice.

Treasurer of the Black Lawyers Association -Free State (Two terms.)

Treasurer of Judicial Officers Association- Free State (Two terms).