KOEN, PETRUS ARNOLUS
Personal:
Born 13 September 1959, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal.
Two children
Education:
Matric: Gert Maritz, PMB.
B Com: University of Natal, 1980
LLB: University of Natal, 1982
Professional History:
Candidate Attorney 1985 to 1986
Attorney, Notary Public and Conveyancer: 1987 – 1988
Advocate: 1988 – 2006
Senior Counsel: 1998
Acting judge of the High Court, KZN periodically - 2004 to 2005.
Judge of High Court, KZN: 1 November 2006 to date.
Acting Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 December 2014 – 31 March 2015
Acting Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 December 2019 – 31 May 2020
Acting Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 October 2023 – 30 November 2023
Acting Judge of Appeal Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 April - 31 May 2024, 01 June - 30 September 2024
Other Professional Activities:
Part-time lecturer: Contract and Civil Procedure, University of Natal 1990 – 1995
Member of the Law School Board, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg: 1996
Member of Society of Advocates: 1988 – 2006
Vice Chair of Pietermaritzburg Society of Advocates: 2003 -2004
Chair of Pietermaritzburg Society of Advocates: 2005
Past member of council of Pietermaritzburg Community Chest
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
MANTAME, BABALWA PEARL
PERSONAL
Born 23 December 1973
Children: Two
EDUCATION
Matric: Ngangelizwe Senior Secondary School, Mthatha 1991
B Juris: University of Transkei (Currently Walter Sisulu University), 1996
LLB: University of Transkei (Currently Walter Sisulu University), 1998
Practice Management: Law Society of South Africa (LSSA-CLE), May 1998-Feb 1999
Certificate in Practical Legal Training (East London School for Legal Practice), Jan 1999-June 1999
Certificate in Advanced Trial Advocacy – BLA, October 2000
Certificate in Advanced Trial Advocacy – BLA, (Train the Trainer) , July 2004
Certificate in Sports Law: University of Cape Town, March 2001
Update Seminars in Recent Labour Law Legislation and Cases – Van Zyl & Rudd Inc Claremont, Cape Town, Nov 2002 & Aug 2003
Certificate in Consensus Building Process and Skills - Conflict Dynamics, Sandton, July 2003
Diploma in Alternative Dispute Resolution – Conflict and Mediation AFSA & University of Pretoria, Oct 2003
Certificate in Commercial Law – Irish Law Society & LSSA, East London, Oct 2005
Certificate in Commercial Law Litigation – BLA/United States Retired Lawyers, Oct 2006
Practice Management Course – Cape Law Society/ Mr A Angerjun, India, Sept 2008
Certificate in Education, Training & Development for Practitioners - LSSA/ SASSETA, March 2009
Certificate in Environmental Law – LSSA, Oct 2009
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Legal Assistant (during University vacations), Lawyers for Human Rights, Mthatha, Dec 1992 – June 1994 and Oct 1997 – Jan 1999
Regional Distribution Co-ordinator, Independent Forum for Electoral Education, Feb 1994 – June 1994
Legal Advisor, Madikizela & Associates, Nov 1996 – Feb 1997
Candidate Attorney – G.L. Yako Inc, Mthatha, July 1999 – July 2000
Enrolled as Attorney – (by the then Transkei Provincial Division), Mthatha, Oct 2000
Professional Assistant at G.L. Yako Inc, Mthatha, Oct 2000 – Feb 2001
Director, Preller Oosthuizen Inc – Cape Town, Feb 2001 – Oct 2001
Legal Adviser - Women’s Legal Centre, Cape Town, April 2002 – Oct 2002
Senior State Attorney - Office of the State Attorney, Cape Town, Nov 2002 – Mar 2011
Director, BP Mantame Attorneys, Mar 2011 – Feb 2013
Acting Judge, Western Cape High Court, Cape Town, April 2011 – June 2011, July 2011 – Sept 2011, Oct 2011 - Dec 2011, Jan 2012 – Mar 2012, Apr 2012 – Jun 2012, July 2012 –Sept 201, Oct 2012 – Dec 2012, Jan 2013 – Feb 2013
Permanent Judge, Western Cape High Court, Cape Town, Feb 2013 to date
Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 June – 30 September 2024
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Member of Law Society of Northern Province -1991-February 1992
Member JSA 1992 – 2018
Member of Bar Council JSA - November 1998 – October 2007
Ad hoc member of JSA Bar Bursary Fund Committee – 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 and JSA Professional Committee - 2013
Involved in Advocacy Training JSA from 2000 – 2009; since 2019 on ad hoc basis when requested to assist
Involved in training programmes of Aspirant Women Judges and Aspirant Judges in 2022 and 2023
