Personal:

17 November 1962, Springs

Education: 

Dipl Iuris (1985) University of Western Cape

BA (Law) (1988) University of Western Cape

LLB (1991) University of Western Cape

BA (Hon) Public Administration (1993) University Western Cape

LLM (1995) University of Cape Town

Admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa 2001

Professional History:

Public Prosecutor: 1986-1992

Regional Court Control Prosecutor: 1991-1992

District Magistrate Criminal, Family and Civil Courts: 1992-1997  

Regional Magistrate: 1997- 2004

Acting Judge; Northern Cape High Court, Kimberly: 2004-2005

Judge; Free State High Court, Bloemfontein: 2005-2017

Acting Judge; Labour Court: 2008-2008; 2009-2009

Acting Judge; Lesotho High Court: 2010-2012

Acting Judge; Lesotho Labour Appeal Court: 2010-2012 

Designated Acting Judge; Lesotho Commercial Court: 11 Jul 2012          

Acting Judge; Labour Appeal Court: 2013-2013                          

Judge; Labour Appeal Court: Jul 2014                                                    

Acting Judge President; Free State High Court: Feb 2015-Apr 2015        

Acting Judge; Constitutional Court of South Africa: Aug 2016-Dec 2016   

Acting Judge President; Free State High Court: Dec 2016           

Deputy Judge President; Free State High Court: Jan 2017-Nov 2018       

Acting Judge President; Free State High Court: Jan 2017-Sep 2017        

Acting Judge President; Free State High Court: Jun 2018-Nov 2018        

Judge President; Free State High Court: 1 Dec 2018 – to date                

Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 December 2021 – 31 March 2022; 1 April 2022 – 31 May 2022.

Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal; 1 October – 30 November 2023.

Other Activities:

Peer facilitator, training magistrates and Judges, nationally and internationally, on topics including:

Maintenance; Inter-sectionality between HIV/Aids and domestic violence; Domestic violence Act;

Social context in judicial decision making; Equality court matters; Human rights in context of criminal matters; Judgement Writing; Sentencing; Social Context in Judicial Decision Making; Adjudication on matters involving the right to equality; Admissibility of electronic evidence; Judicial Accountability and Ethics; Ethics; Social Media and the Judiciary; Judicial Independence.

Deputy Chairperson, Magistrates’ Association of South Africa – (Western Cape): 1993-1994

Member of executive committee, Magistrates’ Association of South Africa: 1994-1995

Chairperson (Western Cape), Judicial Officers’ Association of South Africa (JOASA): 2000 – 2001.

National President, Judicial Officers’ Association of South Africa (JOASA): 2002 – 2004

President, African Regional Group of the International Association of Judges: 2010 – 2018

Currently Hon President, African Regional Group

One of the Vice Presidents, International Association of Judges: 2010 – 2018.

Board Member: Law, Race and Gender Research Unit (University of Cape Town): 2005

Advisory Board Member: Canada – SA – Justice Linkage Project: 2002

Member, Free State Centre for Human Rights Advisory Board: 8 Oct 2018 – To Date.

Chairperson, Malibu Village Residents and Ratepayers’ Association

Member, Western Cape Appointments Committee for Magistrates: 2001 – 2004

Previously Chairperson, Commission for The Remuneration of Public Office Bearers: 2014 – 2019

Member, Judicial Accountability Committee (High Courts)

Chairperson, Judicial Accountability Committee for The Lower Courts Member of the Judicial Case Flow

Management Committee Managing Editor, South African Judicial Education Journal

Board Member, South African Judicial Education Institute.

Personal:

13 February 1974, Cape Town

Married 

Three children

Education:

Matric: Belgravia High School, Athlone Cape Town (1991)

BA (Law): Unversity of Western Cape (1994)

LLB: Unversity of Western Cape (1996)

School for Legal Practice: Unversity of Cape Town (1997)

Professional History: 

Candidate Attorney: (July 1997 – June 1998), E. Moosa, Waglay and Petersen Attorneys, Athlone, Cape Town

Admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa: (July 1998)

Professional Associate: (July 1998 – September 1999), E. Moosa, Waglay and Petersen Attorneys, Cape Town

Practice for own account: (October 1999 to 2014), Wynberg, Cape Town

Acting Judge: Western Cape High Court of South Africa: July 2013 – December 2014

Judge: Western Cape High Court of South Africa: 2015

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

Other Activities: 

IMSSA: Independent Mediation Service of South Africa- Voter Education

Tutor: Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape (1994 – 1996)

Lecturer: Cape Law Society Legal Training

Street Law Project ‘Democracy for All’: University of the Western Cape – Trainer

Department of Correctional Services: Literacy Project for offenders and rehabilitation projects (2019)

National Family Law Webinar: Presented paper on ‘The Voice of the child in our Democracy’ (2021)

Personal: 

10 January 1968, Johannesburg

Married Three children

Education:

Matric: Westerford High School, Cape Town 

B.A: University of Cape Town (1988)

LLB: University of Cape Town (1991)

LLM: University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA (summa cum laude) (1997)

Professional History: 

Candidate Attorney and Attorney: Chennells Albertyn, Stellenbosch: 1992-1995. 

Deputy Director Mediation: Independent Electoral Commission, Western Cape - elections 1994.
Legal Researcher: African National Congress Constitutional Commission in Parliament 1995 -1996.
Attorney: Legal Resources Centre Constitutional Litigation Unit, Johannesburg 1996 – 1997.

Commissioner: Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration, Johannesburg 1997 – 2000.

Attorney: Haffegee Roskam Savage Attorneys 2000 - 2008.

Director: Bowman Gilfillan 2008 - 2012.

Arbitrator and mediator on dispute resolution panels including IMSSA, AMSSA, Tokiso, PSCBC, PHWSBC, ELRC, SSSBC, CCMA variously from 1994 - 2012.

Acting Judge: Labour Court 4^th term 2011.
Acting Judge: Western Cape High Court 4^th term 2012 – end 4^th term 2014
Judge: Western Cape High Court 2015 to date

Acting Judge: Labour Appeal Court 2015 to date.

Acting Judge: Competition Appeal Court: February 2022 to date.

Acting Judge: Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 April 2022 – 31 May 2022.

Other Activities: 

Board Member: Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) 2004 to date

Trustee: Constitutional Court Trust until 2019

Member of South African Society for Labour Law to date.

Personal

10 October 1960, Pretoria

3 Children

Education

Matric: Afrikaans Hoër Meisieskool Pretoria (1978)

BLC University of Pretoria (1982)

LLB (cum laude) University of Pretoria (1984)

LLD: Second Generation Human Rights with a Labour Law Perspective. University of South Africa (1990)

Professional History

Junior Lecturer: Department of Mercantile Law: University of South Africa: 1984

Professor of Labour Law: Department of Mercantile Law: University of South Africa (until July 2007)

Admitted as an advocate: 1985

Additional Member: Industrial Court (1988 – 1994)

Ad hoc Commissioner: Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) (1996 – July 2007)

Member of the Pretoria Bar: 2003- July 2007

Judge of the Labour Court:  1 July 2007 – 31 December 2015

Judge of the North Gauteng Division of the High Court: 1 January 2016

Acting Judge of the Constitutional Court: July 2018 – December 2018

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

Acting Judge of the Labour Appeal Court: 01 May 2025 - 30 September 2025

Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 October - 30 November 2025

Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 December 2025 - 31 March 2026

Other Activities

Author of various articles on second-generation human rights and labour law in general

Co-author of Essential Labour Law; Essential Social Security Law; Essential Discrimination Law.

Co-presenter of various certificate courses in Advanced Labour Law and Practical Labour Law

External examiner of Labour law: University of the Witwatersrand

Executive Board member of the International Taekwondo Federation (Vienna)

5th degree black belt: Taekwondo

President of the Taekwondo Continental Federation: Africa