Personal: 

01 March 1974, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
Not married
Two children

Education:

Matric: Ebenezer High School, Mokopane
B Proc (1996) University of the North
LLB (1998) University of Natal, Durban
LLM (2015) University of KwaZulu-Natal

Professional History: 

Judge’s Associate; Department of Justice, Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court: 1998 - 2000 
Candidate Attorney; Anand-Nepaul Attorneys: 2001 – 2002

Attorney of the High Court of South Africa, 2002
Professional Assistant (Attorney); Anand-Nepaul Attorneys, 2002 – 2004

Director / Attorney; Masipa-Nepaul Incorporated, 2004 – 2007

Part Time Commissioner; Commission for Conciliation, Mediation & Arbitration, 2004 – 2016

Attorney of the High Court of South Africa (Right of Appearance ito Act 62 of 1995), 2005

Panelist; Motor Industry Bargaining Council Dispute Resolution Centre (DRC), 2006 – 2016

Panelist/Arbitrator; South African Local Government Bargaining Council, KwaZulu-Natal: 2007 – 2016

Director / Attorney; Masipa Incorporated, 2007 – 2016

Panelist/Commissioner; General Public Servants Sectoral Bargaining Council, 2008 – 2016

Panelist/Commissioner; Public Health & Social Development Sectoral Bargaining Council, 2008 – 2013

Panelist/Commissioner; Education Labour Relations Council, 2008 – 2016

Panelist, Tokiso Limited, 2008 - 2016

Panelist/Commissioner; Chemical Industry Bargaining Council, 2008 - 2016
Panelist/Arbitrator; South African Local Government Bargaining Council, (Head Office – Per invitation): 2015 – 2016

Chairperson of Disciplinary Committee; National Home Builders Regulatory Council, 2009 – 2011

Member Case Law Monitor Committee & Practice & Procedure Manual Committee; Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, 2009 – 2014

Panelist/Commissioner; Public Safety and Security Sectoral Bargaining Council, 2011 – 2016

Member Empowerment Sub-Committee; Black Lawyer’s Association, Durban Region: 2012 – 2013

Practice, Procedure & Bookkeeping Examiner; KwaZulu-Natal Law Society, 2013 – 2019

Acting Judge; Labour Court, July 2013

Certified Commissioner of the CCMA for Organisational Rights and Section 198 LRA disputes, 2015

Practice, Procedure & Bookkeeping Examiner; Law Society of South Africa, 2015 – current

Assessor; Durban High Court, 2015

Acting Judge; Pietermaritzburg High Court, July to September 2015

Acting Judge; Durban High Court, November 2015 to June 2016

Judge; Durban High Court, July 2016 to date

Acting Judge of the Competition Appeal Court, 01 January 2022 to 31 December 2022

Acting Judge Supreme Court of Appeal, 1 June 2022 – September 2022, November 2022

Acting Judge, Competition Appeal, January 2023 to 31 December 2023. January 2024 to December 2024

Acting Judge Supreme Court of Appeal, 1 April – 31 May 2023; 1 October 2023 – 30 November 2023

Acting Deputy Judge President; Kwazulu-Natal Division of the High Court, 1 January 2024 to 31 March 2024

Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 June – 30 September 2024

Other Activities: 

Member of Council for the University of Limpopo, February 2024

KwaZulu-Natal Law Society 2002 – 2016

Organisation for Social and Scientific Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) 2002 – 2007

South African Society for Labour Law (SASLAW) 2004 - 2009

Trustee; The Grove Body Corporate, 2008 – 2010

South African Women’s Lawyer’s Association (SAWLA), 2009 – 2013

Black Lawyer’s Association (BLA) 2011 - 2016

Pro Bono.org; 2012 - 2016
Pro Bono Acting Judge; Labour Court, July 2013

South African Chapter of International Association of Women Judges 2016 – current

Certificates Obtained

Conveyancing Practice (1998) Law Society of South Africa

Research Methodology (2002) Organisation for Social and Scientific Research in Eastern & Southern Africa (OSSREA)

Commissioner’s Training & accreditation (2005) Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration

Certificate in Practice Management (2005) Law Society of South Africa

Certificate in Mediation Master Class-Predictable Irrationality (2013) Mediatori SA

Specialist Commissioner’s – Organisational Rights & Section 198 (Labour Relations Act 2012 Amendments) (2015) Commission for Conciliation Mediation & Arbitration

Aspirant Judges Training (2016) SAJEI

Personal:

31 May 1963, Durban                                                    

Wife : Marsha

Two children

Education: 

Matric: Reservoir Hills High, Durban

BA (Law), LLB University of Durban Westville (1985)

LLM (New York University) 1989.

Professional History:

Articled Clerk: Wilkinson, Joshua & Gihwala, Athlone, Cape Town, 1986-88.

Admitted as Attorney: March 1988

Attorney: Legal Resources Centre, Johannesburg (1990-95)

Attorney: Legal Resources Centre, Durban (1995 to 2014) Director (1999 to 2014)

Acting Judge, Labour Court, January-March 2013.

Acting Judge, North Gauteng, April – June 2013

Acting Judge, KwaZulu-Natal, November 2013

Appointed to High Court, KZN, June 2014

Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 June – 30 September 2022

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

Publications, Awards, Honours and Other Activities:

President, Law Student Council, UDW, 1985

Fulbright scholar (1988)

Trustee: Legal Resources Trust

Member of the Supervisory Board: Foundation for Human Rights

Former Trustee, Aids Consortium.

Chairperson: KZN Town Planning Appeals Board (1998) Chair (2008 to 2013)

Chairperson: KZN Development Facilitation Appeals Tribunal (2008 - 2013)

Arbitrator and Mediator: IMSSA, Tokiso (1994 – 2013)

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