Personal
19 November 1961, Kokstad, Eastern Cape
Spouse: Alan Dodson
Three sons
Education
Matric: Umtata (now Mthatha) High School
BA: University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg
LLB: University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg
Master of Laws (LL M): University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Professional History
Candidate Attorney Balsillie, Watermeyer and Cawood, Cape Town (1985,1986)
Admitted as an attorney (1986)
Master of Laws, Cambridge (1987-1988
Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town (1988 -1991)
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town (1991-1995)
Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand (1996 -1999)
Associate Professor, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand (1999)
Assistant Dean, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand (1999)
Admission as Advocate of the High Court (2001)
Senior State Advocate, Asset Forfeiture Unit, NPA (1999-2001)
Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Asset Forfeiture Unit, NPA (2001-2003)
Regional Head (Johannesburg), Asset Forfeiture Unit, NPA (2003 - July 2006)
Pupillage, Johannesburg Society of Advocates (2006)
Practising member of the Johannesburg Bar, Island Group of Advocates, and Thulamela Chambers (2006 - December 2015)
Director, Centre for Applied Legal Studies, Wits (2008 - 2011)
Acting Judge, Gauteng Division, Pretoria (Oct to Nov 2013; April 2014 to May 2014)
Acting Judge, Gauteng Local Division of the High Court, Johannesburg (Oct 2014 to Nov 2014; June 2015; July 2015 to Aug 2015 )
Permanent Judge, Gauteng Division of the High Court (January 2016 to present)
Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 11 July 2023 – 30 November 2023
Publications
- ‘The Trespass Act’ in C Murray and C O' Regan (eds) No Place to Rest: Forced Removals and the Law in South Africa (Oxford University Press, 1990
- ‘Children and the Legal System: An Overview of Issues Raised by Contributor’ (Chapter 1) in Children’s Rights (Juta, 1996)
- ‘The Beginning and End of Legal Personality' (Chapter 2) in Boberg’s Law of Persons and the Family (Juta, August 1999)
- ‘Citizenship' (Chapter 5) in Boberg’s Law of Persons and the Family (Juta, August 1999)
- ‘Accountability for Wrongdoing' (Chapter 23) in Boberg’s Law of Persons and the Family (Juta, August 1999)
- ‘The Law of Succession, Trusts and the Administration of Estates’ Annual Survey of South African Law, Juta, 1997-2007
- ‘Executive Cat and Mouse: the Paul Setlaba Case'(1989) 5 SAJHR 229
- ‘Mob Violence and Judicial Discretion in Sentencing ‘(1990) 6 SAJHR 296
- ‘Hangings in Southern Africa: The Last Ten Years (1991) 7 SAJHR 347
- ‘International Human Rights Norms in a New South Africa’ (1992) 8 SAJHR 171
- ‘Political Offences and Indemnity in South Africa’ (1993) 9 SAJHR 334‘Torture & Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in the UN Convention Against Torture & Other Instruments of International Law: Recent Developments in SA’ (1995) 11 SAJHR 334
- ‘Public International Law and the Final Constitution’ (1996) 12 SAJHR 405‘The Child’s Right to Nationality and the Acquisition of Citizenship in South African Law’ (1998) 14 SAJHR 411
- ‘The Impact of the Extension of Security of Tenure Act on an Owner’s Right to Vindicate Immovable Property (1999) 15 SAJHR 277
- ‘The Challenges of Litigating Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa’ [2011] N Z L Rev 295
- ‘Fat Cats, Slim Pickings: an Examination of Corporate Corruption and the Efficacy of Existing Countermeasures in South Africa’ JCLS VOL.11 PART2 343
Honours and Awards:
LL B awarded summa cum laude (1984)
LL M awarded in the First Class (1988) Sir William McNair Prize for best LLM student in Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (1988)
Attorneys Notaries and Fidelity Guarantee Fund Bursary for Overseas Study (1987)
Other activities
Member of the South African Chapter of the International Association of Women’s Judges (current)
Trainer in Trial Advocacy Programme for the Johannesburg Bar (current)
Training input for Pupils for PABASA and Johannesburg Bar (2021)
Mediation training for South African Judiciary, Utah, United States of America, (November 2019)
Personal:
26 December 1953, Durban
Wife: Kathryn Rita Olsen
Three children
Education:
Matric: Hilton College, 1970
BA (1973) University of Natal
LLB (1975) University of Natal
Professional History:
Articles of Clerkship, 1976 – 1977
Attorney, 1978 – 1979
Advocate KZN Bar, 1979 – 2014
Senior Counsel, 1994
Acting Judge, KwaZulu-Natal High Court: 1/8/2000 to 3/9/2000; 15/7/2002 to 17/7/2002; 13/4/2004 to 16/5/2004; 28/2/2005 to 3/4/2005; 21/5/2012 to 1/7/2012; 3/3/2014 to 30/3/2014; 14/4/2014 to 31/5/2014.
Judge, KwaZulu-Natal High Court: 1/06/2014
Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 1/12/2022 - 31/03/2023
Other Activities:
Society of Advocates of KwaZulu-Natal: Secretariat: 1984 to 1986
Member of Bar Council: 1988 to 1990; 2005 to 2007.
Chair of Bar Council: 2008 to 2010.
General Council of the Bar of South Africa:
Chair of Ethics Committee: 1997 to 2008.
Member ad hoc Committee on the Legal Practice Bill: 2010 to 2014.
Member of the Council of the University of Durban Westville: 2003.
Member of the Council of the University of KwaZulu-Natal: 2004 to 2012
Personal: 
Born 11 February 1969, Ngangelizwe Township, Mthatha, Eastern Cape.
Married to Nehru Mteteleli Mali.
Three children.
Education:
Matric: Mthatha Technical College (1985).
Dip Iuris (1988) B Iuris (Walter Sisulu University) (1992).
LLB; Walter Sisulu University: (1994).
LLM Tax: University of Cape Town (1996).
Professional History:
Public Prosecutor: 1988 - 1995.
Articles of clerkship: Blakeway and Leppan Mthatha, EC: 1996 - 1998.
Lecturer: UNITRA (now Walter Sisulu University) Part-time: 1996 -1997.
Non-Practising Attorney employed at SARS: 1999-2006.
Lecturer (UNISA) : 2007 - 2008.
Director: Nelisa Mali Attorneys; Pretoria: 2006 - 2016.
Director: Nelisa Mali Attorneys; East London: 2014 - 2016.
Acting Judge; Gauteng Division of the High Court: 1 October 2013 - 31 December 2013; 1 April 2014 - 30 June 2014; 1 August 2014 - 30 November 2014; 1 February 2015 - 31 December 2015.
Judge; Gauteng Division of the High Court: 2016 - to date.
Judge; Mpumalanga Division of the High Court: 2019 - 2021.
Acting Deputy Judge President; Mpumalanga Division of the High Court: 1 September 2020 - 31 October 2020.
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
Other Activities:
Visiting Attorney through (the UK-based London Law Firm) the International Lawyers for Africa (ILFA) in the United Kingdom. Placed at Hogan Lovells PLC London worked on International Commercial Law and International Tax Law. The program also consisted of class attendance at Oxford and Cambridge Universities: from August 2011 - December 2011.
Presented a paper on Small Business Taxation in Angola at a 3-day International Tax Conference: in 2012.
Presented various training programs on Tax law through the South African Women Lawyers Association (SAWLA), Black Lawyers Association (BLA), and Law Society of South Africa (LSSA).
Secretary SAWLA Eastern Cape: 2010 - 2013.
Councillor Law Society of the Northern Province: 2013 - 2015.
Chairperson of the Tax Law Committee Law Society of South Africa: 2014 - 2016.
Personal: 
Born 19 August 1965, Durban
Husband: Thero Setiloane
No children
Education:
Bachelor of Arts, University of Natal, Durban (1988)
Bachelor of Laws (LLB), University of Natal, Durban (1991)
Master’s in Law (LLM), Georgetown University Law School, Washington, D.C. (1993) (Fulbright Scholar)
National Bar Examination, Johannesburg Bar – completed pupillage under Gilbert Marcus SC (1996)
Professional History:
Research Assistant, Labour Law Unit, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Natal, Durban (1989)
Research Assistant, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Natal, Durban (1990)
Fellowship, Legal Resources Centre, Durban (1991 – July 1992)
Lecturer: co-taught course on Women and the Law with Professor Karen Czapanskiy; University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, USA (1993)
Election Administrator: Independent Electoral Commission, Northern Cape Provincial Office (March 1994 – May 1994)
Senior Research Fellow, Gender Project, Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape (1994 – 1995)
Lecturer, International Human Rights Law, Department of Public Law, University of the Western Cape (1994 – 1995)
Advocate, Constitutional Litigation Unit, Legal Resources Centre, Johannesburg (1996 – 1997)
Law Clerk to Justice Yvonne Mokgoro, Constitutional Court of South Africa (1995)
Practising Advocate, Johannesburg Bar (1997 – 2006, 2010)
Director, Werksmans Advisory Services (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Werksmans Attorneys – employed as in-house counsel in the commercial, litigation, and media and communications law departments (October 2006 – January 2010)
Acting Judge, South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg (1 February 2010 – 30 October 2010)
Judge of the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Local, and Provincial Divisions (31 October 2010 –
present)
Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal (1 December 2015 – 31 May 2016)
Acting Justice of the Constitutional Court (June 2017 – 31 December 2017)
Acting Judge of the Competition Appeal Court (2018 – 2022)
Acting Judge of the Labour Appeal Court (variously from 2014 – 2022)
Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal 1 December 2022 – 31 March 2023; 1 April- 31 May 2023; 1 June- 30 November 2023
Other Activities:
Honorary Member: Group One Advocate Chambers, Sandton (2016 – present)
Member of the Board of Directors: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) (2009 – 2020)
Member of the National Library Advisory Committee for Courts (NLAC) (2013 – 2022)
Member of Faculty of Judges for the Annual Judges Forum (Stellenbosch) hosted by the Democratic Governance Rights Unit (DGRU-UCT) (2015 – 2018)
Faculty Member – Judicial Institute for Africa (JIFA) (UCT) (2017)
Visiting Scholar/Judge in Residence at New York Law School (NYC) (January 2016 – April 2016)
Member of the Executive Committee (EXCO) of Werksmans Attorneys (2008 – 2010)
Guest Lecturer: Advanced Broadcasting Law, LLM Course, Wits University (2007 – 2008)
Alternate Director on the Board of Directors of ProBono.org (2008 – 2009)
Deputy Chair and Member of the Broadcasting Monitoring and Complaints Committee (BMCC) of ICASA(2003 – 2006)
Honorary Secretary, Executive Committee of the General Council of the Bar (2005 – 2006)
Member of the Executive Committee of Duma Nokwe Group, Sandton (2005 – 2006)
Member of Board of Directors of Agenda: Feminist Media Project & Journal (2005 – 2007)
Member of the Johannesburg Bar Council (AFT Representative) (2002 – 2006)
Member of the Editorial Board of the South African Journal of Human Rights (1997 – 2006)
Member of Selection Panel of De Ru Van Oord Scholarship (Free University, Amsterdam) (1997 – 2006)
Member of Executive Committee of Group One Advocate’s Chambers (2003 – 2004)
Assistant Honorary Secretary, General Council of the Bar (2002 – 2004)
Honorary Secretary of the Johannesburg Bar Council (2001)
Guest Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand, Constitutional Law (LLM) (1997 – 2000)
Member of Editorial Board, Agenda, Journal on Women and Gender. Wrote regular column – Judges and Gender (1991 – 1992)
Assistant Honorary Secretary of the Johannesburg Bar Council (1999)
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
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Personal:
01 June 1961, Pretoria
One child
Education:
B Juris (1987) University of North West
LLB (1990) University of North West
Professional History:
Candidate Attorney; Tshegofatso Monama Attorneys: 1990-1993
Professional Assistant; Hack Stupel & Ross Attorneys: 1993-1995
Partner; Hack Stupel & Ross Attorneys: 1996-1999
Partner; Mokgohloa Attorneys: January 2000
Acting; Regional Magistrate Bafokeng: July 2001 – August 2001
Acting; District Magistrate Brits: June – July 2002
Acting; Regional Magistrate Bafokeng: November 2002 – September 2004
Acting; District Magistrate Odi: July 2005 – February 2006
Acting Judge; Northern Cape Division: 01 June 2006 – June 2008
Acting Judge; Kwa-Zulu Natal Division: 28 July 2008 – 16 November 2008
Judge; Kwa-Zulu Natal Division: 17 November 2008 – January 2016
Judge; Limpopo Division: 25 January 2016 – 30 June 2016
Deputy Judge President; Limpopo Division: 01 July 2016 - to date.
Acting Judge Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 June 2017 - 30 November 2017.
Acting Judge Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 June 2018 – 30 November 2018.
