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)

Other Activities: 

Honorary Member: Group One Advocates 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 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 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 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.

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.

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: August 2011 - December 2011.

Presented a paper on Small Business Taxation in Angola on a 3 day International Tax Conference: 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: 

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.