Personal

Date of birth: 18 July 1971

Education

1988- Matric – St John's College, Mthatha, Eastern Cape

1993 -BProc – Walter Sisulu University

2004 - Post Graduate Diploma in Corporate Law – University of South Africa

2006 – Certificate in Commercial Law Practice – BLA Legal Education Centre

2011 - LLM in Commercial Law – University of Cape Town

2014 – Advanced Programme in Insolvency Law and Practice – University of Pretoria

Professional History

April 1996 – Admitted as an attorney

December 2002 – Admitted as a conveyancer

February 2003 – Admitted as a Notary Public

April 2015- June 2016 – Acting Judge of the High Court of South Africa, Western Cape Division

July 2016 – Present - Judge of the High Court of South Africa, Western Cape Division

January 2022 – June 2023 – Acting Judge of the Competition Appeal Court

July 2023 – Present - Judge of the Competition Appeal Court

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

Membership of Professional bodies

2010-2016 – Councillor – Law Society of the Cape of Good Hope

2013- 2015 – Chairperson of the Western Cape Branch of the Black Lawyers Association

2013 – 2016 – Deputy Chairperson of the Black Conveyancers Association

2014- 2016 – Councillor – Law Society of South Africa

PERSONAL

MAMOLOKO KUBUSHI

Born 29 December 1959 in Johannesburg

Partner: Pitso Sekhoto

Five children

EDUCATION

1978               :National Senior Certificate (first class pass) Mokomene High School

1983               :B Proc (University of the North)

1987               :Attorney of the High Court of South Africa (Free State Division)

1994               :Conveyancer and Notary (Free State Division)                        

1998               :Certificate in Management (Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College).

1999               :Post-Grad Diploma in Management Studies (Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College).

2000               :Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (University of the Free State).

2002               :Masters of Business Administration (MBA) (Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College).

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

1984 – 1987              :Articles of Clerkship (Jake Moloi Fantisi & Co).

1987 – 1998              :Practised as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa.

1994 – 1998              :Practised as conveyancer and notary.

1998 -2002                :Head of the State Attorney (Free State and Northern Cape Provinces).

2002 - 1998               :Special Advisor (Legal) to the Minister of Defence.

1998 – 2011              :Chief Defence Legal Services (Department of Defence).

2/2011 – 12/2011      :Acting Judge High Court Free State Division.

01/2012 – 04/2012    :Acting Judge High Court Gauteng Division, Pretoria.

05/2012 to date         :Judge High Court Gauteng Division, Pretoria.

10/2015                     :Acting Puisne Judge of the High Court of Lesotho

2018 to date              :Chairperson of the Court of Military Appeals.

2021 – 2022              :Acting Judge of the Labour Appeal Court

1/22 – 12/22              :Acting Judge of the Competition Appeal Court

07/2022 to date         :Judge of the Equality Court

1/23 – 12/23              :Acting Judge of the Competition Appeal Court

02/24 – 05/24            :Acting Deputy Judge President Gauteng Division, Pretoria

07/24 – 09/24            :Acting Deputy Judge President Gauteng Division, Pretoria

10/24 – 11/24            :Acting Deputy Judge President Gauteng Division, Pretoria

Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 June 2025 - 30 September 2025

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

OTHER ACTIVITIES

1984 – 2012              :Member of the Black Lawyers Association (“BLA”).

1996 – 1997              :Chairperson of the Free State Branch BLA.

1997 – 2000              :National General Secretary BLA under the Presidency of Retired  Deputy Judge President Mojapelo and the late Judge Moloi.

2010 - 2017               :Trustee BLA Legal Education Trust.

1997 – 1998          :Member of the twenty-person committee tasked by the Minister of Justice to restructure the attorneys profession and drafting the Legal Practice Bill.

1997 – 1998              :BLA representative on the first Council of the Law Society of South Africa. 

As a Council member of the Law Society of South Africa served as chairperson of the Gender Equality Standing Committee. Instrumental in the first women lawyers’ conference in South Africa under the auspices “Women & the Law”.

2000                          :Represented the Law Society of South Africa at an International Women Lawyers Conference in London.

1998 – 2001              :Member of the Legal Aid Board under the chairmanship of Judge Navsa.

HONOURS

The first black woman to be admitted and enrolled as an attorney, conveyancer and notary, in the Free State Province.

Personal Details

9 March 1963

Female

Education

Matric- Kingswood College – 1980

Bachelor of Arts University of Cape Town – 1983

Bachelor of Laws [LLB] Rhodes University -1985

Professional

Articles of clerkship Syfret Godlonton-Fuller Moore (since incorporated into Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyer Inc) -1986 to 1987

Admitted as attorney in Western Cape High Court – 12 February 1997

Professional Assistant Syfret Godlonton-Fuller Moore, litigation department -1988

Professional Assistant Balsillie Watermeyer and Cawood (since incorporated into Strauss Daly Inc), litigation department -1989 to 1991

Partner Balsillie Watermeyer and Cawood -1991 to 1994

Associate Miller Gruss Katz and Traub, family law department – January to September 1995

Consultant Balsillie Watermeyer and Cawood – 1995 to end March 2001

Director Miller Du Toit Cloete Inc - April 2001 to June 2011

Acting Judge Western Cape High Court – October 2010 to February 2013

Judge of the Western Cape High Court – 15 February 2013 to date

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

Other

Various pro bono and public interest commitments, including law clinics in Athlone, Cape Town and Legal Aid Clinic Rhodes University -1981 to 1985

Member Southern Suburbs Attorneys Association, including Bar/Side Bar liaison committee, and liaison committee with Judiciary and Chief Magistrate, Wynberg – 1991 to 1994

Pro bono work for Child Welfare – 1991 to 2010

Accreditation as mediator, South African Association of Mediators -1998

Accreditation as member of Family Law Mediation Panel of AFSA – 2001

Member Board of Governors, Llandudno Primary School--2002 to 2006

Accreditation as mediator, FAMAC - 2008

Accreditation as facilitator, FAMAC -2009

Co-host (Miller du Toit Cloete Inc) with University of the Western Cape, International Family Law Conference – 2002 to 2010

Member of International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates [IAYFJM] – 2002 to 2013

Only South African member of Council of IAYFJM – 2010 to 2013

Participant by invitation in Law Commission workshop on proposed Domestic Partnership legislation – 2007

Participant by invitation in Law Commission workshop on proposed implementation of compulsory mediation in family law disputes – 2008

At invitation of Women’s Legal Centre, assisted representatives of Ghanian Judiciary and Parliament in drafting Matrimonial Property legislation – 2008

Founder and panel member of Family Advocacy for Child Welfare, Hout Bay area – 2009 to 2011

Highest achiever out of 16 attorneys selected nationally for Civil Judicial Skills Training Course presented by LSSA – January 2010

Member South African Network of Judges on Hague Matters since June 2013, currently a member of its International Network and the senior Hague Judge in the Western Cape Division

Equality Court Judge since January 2014

Member Practice Committee of Western Cape Division since 2021 and drafter of its Practice Directives on Hague Convention and Surrogacy matters, as well as those generally where minor children are involved in litigation

Personal

13 January 1964

Male

Education

Matric: (insert date) Spes Bona High School, Cape Town  - 1982

Diploma Juris 1986 University of the Western Cape -1986

B.Proc: University of the Western Cape-1994  

LLB: University of the Western Cape -1995

Professional

District and Regional Court Prosecutor 1990 – 1996

District Court Magistrate 1990 -1997

Regional Magistrate (Wynberg) – 1997 - 2007

Regional Court President for the Western Cape Division of the Regional Court- September 2007 - 2011

Acting Judge, Western Cape High Court: 10 October 2010 – 11 May 2011

Appointed Judge of the Western Cape High Court: 11 May 2011 – date

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

Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal, 01 June 2025 - 30 September 2025

Memberships and other Official Appointments

Member of JOASA and Provincial Executive Committee of JOASA: 1996- 2000

Member of ARSMA and Member of ARMSA National Executive Committee: 2000-2011

Member of Magistrates' Commission: 2007- 2011

Member of the Local Organising Committee for the CMJA Conference (held in Cape Town): 2008

Chairperson for the Appointment Committee of District Court Magistrates- Cape Town: 2009

Chairperson for the Western Cape Advisory Committee for the Appointment of Sheriffs: 2009

Chairperson for the Lower Courts Case Flow Management Committee: 2007 -2011

Attended the CMJA Conference in the Turks and Caicos Islands as part of the South African Delegation and chaired a session on 'The Judiciary, Parliament And The Press': 2010

Other activities

Peer Facilitator for SAJEI: Training of District, Regional Magistrates and Judges:- Management of Criminal Trials; Hearsay Evidence; Electronic and Documentary Evidence; Judgment Writing incorporating aspects of Social Context; The South African Trafficking in Persons Act with particular reference to the Procedural and Sentencing aspects thereof: The challenges facing judicial officers in South Africa

Member of Western Province Rugby Football Union Disciplinary Committee: 1983 – 1985

Chairperson Western Province Rugby Football Union Disciplinary Committee: 2010

Dated : 22 May 2025