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 June 2024) 

Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 11 July 2023 – 30 November 2023, 1 December 2023-31 March 2024

Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 July 2024 to date

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: 

13 February 1968, Moletši, Polokwane, Limpopo Province

Two children

Education:

Matric: Hwiti High School, Limpopo Province
B. Proc (1992) University of the North, Limpopo Province

LLB (2021) University of South Africa

Professional History:

Articles of Clerkship, Pretoria: 1992 - 1993
Practising Attorney, Pretoria: 1994 - 2007
Acting Judge: High Court, Transvaal Provincial Division: 2007
Judge: High Court Gauteng Division: August 2009 - May 2018
Acting Judge: Lesotho High Court, Constitutional Division: April 2015
Acting Judge: Labour Appeal Court: June – November 2015
Acting Judge: Supreme Court of Appeal: June - November 2016
Acting Judge: Supreme Court of Appeal: October 2017 - May 2018

Judge of Appeal: 1 June 2018 to date.

Acting Judge: Constitutional Court: 01 February 2023 - 31 May 2023

Publications:

Author of the following lecture notes for aspirant and newly appointed judges:

Managing the Unopposed Motion Court, 2014;

National Credit Act: A Practical Approach, 2014;

Managing the Opposed Motion Court, 2016;

Aspects of Constitutional Litigation, 2016 and 

Practical aspects on Judgment Writing, 2020.

Awards and Honours:

Most Inspiring Lecturer, Legal Education and Development, Pretoria Law School, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2013.

Certificate of Recognition by Law Society of the Northern Provinces for contribution to Judicial Skills Training for aspirant judges: August 2015.

Certificate of Appreciation by Law Society of South Africa for contribution in the training of candidate attorneys and development of School for Legal Practice in South Africa: September 2015.

Other Activities:

Lecturer: Legal Education and Development (LEAD) Pretoria Law School, 2006 – 2018.

Member: Disciplinary Committee: Law Society of the Northern Provinces: 2006–2007.

Chairperson: Loreto School Parents Association, Queenswood, Pretoria: 2006–2008.

Member: Board of Governors: Loreto School, Queenswood, Pretoria: 2009-2021.

Member and Lecturer: Black Lawyers Association-Legal Education Centre (BLA-LEC): 2010 to date.

Chancellor: Anglican Church of Southern Africa, Diocese of Pretoria: 2012 to date.

Guest Lecturer: Pretoria Society of Advocates on the National Credit Act: 2012–2019.

Lecturer:  Aspirant Judges (Law Society of the Northern Provinces): 2014 - 2018.

Lecturer: Aspirant Judges: South African Judicial Education Institute (SAJEI): 2018 to date.

Member: Editorial Committee of South African Institute of Judicial Education Journal: 2016 to date.

Convener: Research and Publications Committee of the BLA-LEC: 2018 to date.

Member: Judicial Conduct Committee: 2019 to date.

Member: Advisory Board of Judges, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO): 2020 to date

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

Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal, 1 Decemeber 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                                  
26 October 1957, Phokeng, Rustenberg, North-West
Husband: Christopher Molefe
Two children

Education
Matric: Moroka High School, Thaba Nchu
B Proc (1982) University of the North
LLB (1984) University of the North

Professional History 

Lecturer; University of the North West: 1984 – 1985

Candidate Attorney; Edward Nathan and Fredland Inc Attorneys: 1986 – 1987

Admitted Attorney; Transvaal High Court: 1987

Founding & Executive Director; Molefe-Dlepu Inc Attorneys: 1988 – 2013

Acting Judge; Free State High Court: 2012

Acting Judge; Gauteng High Court: 2012

Judge; Gauteng High Court: 2013

Acting Judge; Land Claims Court: 2017 - 2020

Acting Judge President; Land Claims: 2019

Acting Judge; Labour Appeal Court: 2021

Acting Judge; Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 June 2021 – 30 November 2021; 05 January 2022 - 31 March 2022; 1 June 2022 - 30 September 2022.

Judge; Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 December 2022

Other Activities 

Member; Law Society of the Northern Provinces

Member; Black Lawyers Association

Regional Director: Johannesburg Region; Lawyers for Human Rights: 1988 – 1992

Deputy Chairperson; Gauteng Development Appeal Tribunal: 2003 – 2009

Chairperson; Transnet Group Tender Board: 2004 – 2009

Chairperson; Transnet Housing Tender Board: 2004 – 2009

Lecturer; Law Society School of Law

Senior Examiner; Attorneys Admission Examination

Member (Disciplinary Committee); Law Society of Transvaal

Chairperson; Spoornet Commission of Enquiry (into the Fatal Incidents)

Chairperson; Eskom Corporate Formal Investigation Committees (investigating Occupational Health and Safety Act incidents and Department of Labour formal enquiries)

Mediator; Independent Mediation Service of South Africa (IMSSA)

Assessor; Criminal Courts

Chairperson; Appeal Committee of the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority

Courses Completed

Risk Management – International Risk Control Academy

Judicial Training Programme