MBHA, BOISSIE HENRY
Personal:
31 July 1952, Johannesburg
Wife: Nikiwe Mbha
Three children
Education:
Matric: Morris Issacson High School, Soweto, Johannesburg
B Juris (1981) Fort Hare University
LLB (1985) University of Witwatersrand
Advanced Diploma in Labour Law (1996) University of Johannesburg
Diploma in Tax Practice (1999) University of Johannesburg
Advanced Military Law Course (2003) SANDF
Master of Laws (Tax) (2010) University of Johannesburg
Professional History:
Admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa: 1987
Acting Judge of the High Court-Pretoria and Johannesburg: October 2003 - October 2004
Appointed permanent Judge of the High Court - Johannesburg: October 2004
Acting Judge of Appeal – Supreme Court of Appeal: October 2012 - May 2013
Appointed permanent Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal: 2014
Acting Judge: Constitutional Court 15 August – 30 November 2016
Publications, Awards, Honours and Other Activities:
Councillor-Law Society of the Northern Provinces
Senior Military Judge- SANDF (Reserve-Force)
Chancellor-Ethiopian Episcopal Church
President of the All Sports Council at the University of Fort Hare: 1975
Executive Member and Vice-President (African Region): World Boxing Association
Executive Member and Legal Adviser: South African National Boxing Control Commission
Winner: 2016 Alumni Dignitas Award - University of Johannesburg
FATHIMA BIBI ADAM DAWOOD
Personal
Fathima Bibi Adam Dawood
Born 26 May 1969, Durban, South Africa
Single
Education
1986: Matric, Centenary Secondary School, Durban
1989: BA Law, University of Durban Westville
1991: LLB, University of Durban Westville
Professional History
1992: Served pupillage
25 May 1992: Admitted as an Advocate
July 1992-June 2008: Practiced as an Advocate
1995-1999: Additional Member of the Industrial Court
2005-2008: Periodical appointments as Acting Judge: High Courts of KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape
July 2008: Appointed Judge of the High Court, Eastern Cape, Mthatha
October 2023-December 2023 and January-March 2024: Acting Deputy Judge
President of the Eastern Cape High Court, Mthatha
Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 April - 31 May 2024
Acting Deputy Judge President of the Eastern Cape High Court, Mthatha: January – March 2025
Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 April - 31 May 2025
Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 Oct - 30 November 2025
Other Professional Activities
1995-2005: Commissioner of Small Claims Court
2007: Chairperson of National Association of Democratic Lawyers (NADEL), Durban
2007: Secretary of Advocates for Transformation, Durban
2007: Secretary of the KZN Bar Council, Durban
2005-2007: Trial Advocacy Trainer and Lecturer for Kwa Zulu Natal pupils
2006-2007: Motion Court Examiner for KwaZulu Natal and Eastern Cape pupils
2017: Member of the International Association of Judges for Refugees and Migrants
2018: Judge, Moderator and Member of the National Bar Examinations Board
2022: Chairperson of the Eastern Cape Judges Library Committee
NAIDOO, SOMAGANTHIE
Personal
6 February 1957
Married, 2 Children
Education
Matric: Witteklip Secondary School, 1974
BA (Law): University of Durban Westville, 1977
LLB: University of Durban Westville, 1979
PC Training institute: Certificate in Microsoft Office, 1999
University of Cape Town: Certificate in Social context training, 1999
Varsity College: Diploma in Business Management, 2001
Professional History
Served articles of Clerkship, January 1980 – February 1982
Practicing Attorney in a partnership with two others, February 1982 – July 1985
Legal advisor to the then Small Business Development Corporation in Durban, now known as Business
Partners, July 1985 – March 1988
Private practice as an attorney, March 1988 – February 1992
Presided in the Small Claims Court in Verulam, 1991; Lectured part-time at the (then) ML Sultan
Technikon (now Durban University of Technology), 1991
Prosecutor: Department of Justice, 1992 – 1998
Appointed Magistrate in the District Court in Durban, August 1998 – October 2002
Appointed Senior Magistrate (Civil Courts) and served as Head of the Civil Courts, November 2002- January 2005
Acted as a Judge of the High Court of South Africa Durban & Coast Local Division 1 August- 4 September 2005; Acted as a Regional Court Magistrate, 2005
Acting Judge of the High Court of South Africa Durban & Coast Local Division, 31 July- 3 September 2006
Acting Judge of the High Court of South Africa Durban and Coast Local Division, 28 July - 31 August 2008, Natal Provincial Division from 1 September - 28 September 2008
Acting Judge of the High Court of South Africa Natal Provincial Division, 14 April -24 May 2009
Served as Head of the Family Court Division at the Durban Magistrate’s Court, February 2005 – December 2010
Acting Judge of the High Court, Kwa-Zulu Provincial Division (Durban), 1-28 March 2010
Head of the Criminal Court Division at the Durban Magistrate’s Court, January 2011 to July 2011
Acting Judge in the Free State High Court, 10 October 2011 – 23 March 2012
Acting Judge in the KZN High Court Durban, 29 April – 2 June 2013
Acting Judge of the North Gauteng High Court, 22 July – 9 August 2013
Acting Judge South Gauteng High Court, 12 August – 20 September 2013
Acting Judge in the Free State High Court, 21 October – 13 December 2013
Served as the Deputy Head of Office, Durban, August 2011 to October 2013
Appointed to the Free State Bench, 1 January 2014
Acting Deputy Judge President of the Free State, 29 January - 30 March 2018
Acting Deputy Judge President of the Free State Division for two terms, 15 April - 28 June 2019 and 29 July to 20 September 2019.
Acting Deputy Judge President of the Free State Division, 5 October - 6 November 2020
Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 04 June – 30 September 2024
Other Professional Activities
Appointed as Trainer/Facilitator for the Law Race and Gender Research Unit, University of Cape Town (LRG), 1999
Appointed Assistant Editor of “The Judicial Officer”, 2000
Selected to serve as a Magistrate Mentor, 2001
Elected Provincial Treasurer of the Judicial Officers Association of South Africa (JOASA), 2001 – 2004
Represented JOASA at a conference of the International Association of Judges (IAJ) in Morocco, 2002
Elected Provincial Chairperson of JOASA, Kwa-Zulu Natal; Elected the first Vice President Publications of the South African Chapter of the International Association of Women Judges (SAC-IAWJ), 2004
Assessor High Court, Durban, 15 November to 15 December 2004
Re-elected Provincial Chairperson of JOASA Kwa-Zulu Natal; Appointed Editor of “The Judicial Officer”, 2005
Represented the SAC-IAWJ at the Biennial Conferences of the IAWJ in Sydney, Australia, 2006;
Represented JOASA at a conference of the IAJ in Hungary, 2006
Elected Vice President: Programmes of SAC- IAWJ; Participated in the Judicial Training Programme for Aspirant Women Judges, 2007
Completed Training Programme for Aspirant Women Judges, 2008
Elected Interim National Secretary and International Liaison Person of SAC-IAWJ, and Chairperson of JOASA Special Committee on Gender, 2009
Elected Deputy President and International Liaison Person of SAC-IAWJ, 2010 – 2014
Served on the Division’s Social Committee, 2014 – 2017 and Judges’ IT Committee, 2015 to date
Project Manager as well as co-facilitator of training programmes for judicial officers on Combating Human Trafficking, 2009-2011
Represented the SAC-IAWJ at a conference of the Southern African Association of Chief Justices, in NAIDOOZambia, 2011
Represented SAC-IAWJ at the Biennial Conference of the IAWJ in Arusha, Tanzania, 2014
