Personal
23 December 1957, Pietermaritzburg
Wife: Vera Zondi
Three children
Education
Matric: St. Augustine’s High School, Dundee
B Iuris (1982) University of Fort Hare
LLB (1984) University of Natal
LLM (1988) Georgetown University Law School
Professional History
Admitted as an Attorney: 1986
Professional assistant at Hattenbach & Abraham, Johannesburg 1986 - 1987
Attorney: 1989 - 2007
Visiting Lecturer, Portland State University, Oregon (Summer 1988 and 1995)
Commissioner, Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) 1997 - 2006
Acting Judge, Western Cape High Court 2004 - 2007
Judge, Western Cape High Court, 2007
Acting Judge: Competition Appeal Court, 2009 – 2011
Judge, Competition Appeal Court, 2011 – 2014
Acting Judge, Labour Appeal Court, 2012
Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal, 2013
Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal, 2014
Acting Judge, Constitutional Court, July 2017-December 2017
Chairperson of the Electoral Court, December 2022
Deputy President, Supreme Court of Appeal, 2024
Publications, Awards, Honours and Other Activities
Fulbright scholar 1987 – 1988
Member of the School Governing Body: Princess High School, Roodepoort, 1999-2001
Trustee, PARMED 2011 - 2014
Member of the Judicial Conduct Committe of the Judicial Service Commission, 2019-2023
Member of the Governing Council of the Global Network on Electoral Justice, 2022 to date
