Personal

 

11 December 1964

Married

 

Education

 

Matric: Senior Secondary School, Eersterust, Pretoria, 1982

University of Western Cape: BA (LAW) Degree but did not complete, 1983-1985

University of Pretoria: Baccalaureus Legum Civilium (BLC). 1986-1988

University of Pretoria: Baccalaureus Legum (LLB), 1989-1990

 

Professional History

 

Public prosecutor in the Regional court, Temba, May – December 1990

State Advocate in the Office of the then Attorney-General of the erstwhile Republic of Bophuthatswana (now the Director of Public Prosecutions, North West Province, Mmabatho), Jan 1991- Feb 1993

Acted as Regional Court Magistrate, Mmabatho, 04-08 December 2000

Practicing Advocate at the Society of Advocates, North West province, known as North West Bar Association, July 1993- April 2003

Appointed Acting Judge of the High Court of South Africa (North West division), 01 May 2003 – 31 October 2003

Permanently Appointed as Judge of the High Court of South Africa- North West Provincial Division, 01 November 2003

Acting Judge of the Labour Court, July- December 2007

Acting Judge of the Labour Appeal Court, 15 April 2010 to 30 June 2010 and from 15 July 2010 to 30 September 2010.

Appointed Acting Judge President of the North West High Court, Mahikeng, 01 – 30 June 2012

Appointed Acting Judge President of the North West High Court, Mahikeng, 01 August 2014– 31 December 2014

Appointed Acting Judge President of the North West High Court, Mahikeng, 25 July 2016 – 26 August 2016

Appointed Acting Deputy Judge President of the North West High Court, Mahikeng, 01 June – 29 September 2017

Appointed Acting Deputy Judge President of the North West High Court, Mahikeng, 18 April – 30 June 2018

Appointed Acting Deputy Judge President of the North West High Court, Mahikeng, 04 March – 14 April 2019

Permanently Appointed as Deputy Judge President of the High Court of South Africa- North West Provincial Division, 01 December 2019 – 30 July 2022

Permanently Appointed Judge President of the High Court of South Africa- North West Provincial Division, 31 July 2022

Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 June – 30 September 2024

 

Other Professional Activities

 

Served and passed pupillage at Pretoria Society of Advocates (BAR), 1993

Attended the Judicial skills training course for Aspirant Judges, October 2000

Secretary of the North West Bar Association from 1997‑1999

Vice-chairman of the North West Bar Association from 2000 - 2001

Committee member for the appointment of judicial officers to the lower courts for the North West Province

Attended the Judicial Service Commission's Training Course for Aspirant Judges, 01 -06 October 2000, Pretoria

Attende the Advocacy Training Course, 19-21 January 2001

Member of NADEL (National Association of Democratic Lawyers of S.A.) since 2000 and acted as Project Officer of Mahikeng branch during 2000 -2001

Member of African National Congress (ANC) Mafikeng, 1994 TO 2003

Member of the Committee of the Heads of Courts on security for Judges

Personal

 

Born: in Mthatha

Marital status: Married

Children: Three

 

Education

 

Matric (1983) (St John’s College, Mthatha)

BA Law (1987) (University of the Western Cape)

LLB (1990) (University of the Western Cape)

LLM (2003) (Cardiff University of Whales)

 

Professional History

 

1987 - 1988: Legal Intern with Leftwich, Moore and Douglas, law firm in Washington D.C. USA.

1989-1991: Public Prosecutor

1991-1996: State Advocate (Mthatha and Grahamstown)

1996- 2003:   Senior State Advocate (Office of the Director of Public Prosecution in Grahamstown)

2003 –2008: Legal Representative – Special Investigating Unit.             

June 2008 – May 2009:  Judicial Training Programme.

July – September 2009:  Acting Judge, Northern Cape Provincial Division, Kimberley.

 2009- 2010: Acting Judge, Northern Cape High Court, Kimberley.

June 2010- October 2010: Acting Judge, Land Claims Court, Randburg. 

October 2010- to date: Judge of the High Court, Eastern Cape Division, Mthatha.

01 October-30 November 2022: Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal, Bloemfontein.

01 June 2024- 30 September 2024: Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal

 

Other Professional Activities

 

11 July 2022: Equality Court Skills Training 

September 2004: Attended a Trial Advocacy Seminar provided by the Black Lawyers Association.

25-26 June 2004- Attended a High Court Litigation Seminar provided by the Legal Education and Development Section of the Law Society of South Africa.

1999: Attended a course on empowerment of women managers.

15-26 November 1999: Attended a social context course in prosecutorial decision-making.

10-16 September 1995: Participated in the thirteenth International Symposium on economic crime.

1993 July - October: Obtained training in the Crown Attorney Office in Ottawa, Canada

on the various aspects of   prosecution including the victim witness protection programme,

probation as well as dealing with forensic evidence.

PERSONAL:

19 December 1960 PRETORIA

 

EDUCATION:

MATRIC(1982): VLAKFONTEIN HIGH SCHOOL, MAMELODI

BPROC(1988): UNIVERSITY OF THE   WITWATERSRAND (WITS)

LLB(1990): UNIVERSITY OF THE   WITWATERSRAND (WITS)

LLM (HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONALPRACTICE)

PASSED WRITTEN EXAM; DISSERTATION STILL OUTSTANDING UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA (TUKKIES)                                                                      

COMPUTER LITERACY(1998) UNISCHOOL (UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA)   

                                    

PROFFESSIONAL HISTORY:

LEGAL RESOURCES CENTRE (JOHANNESBURG) STUDENT LEGAL ADVISOR 1988

  WITS UNIVERSITY OLIVER SCHREINER LAW LIBRARY STUDENT ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN 1988 - 1990

WITS CAMPUS LAW CLINIC STUDENT LEGAL ADVISOR 1990

MATLALA INCORPORATED CANDIDATE ATTORNEY  1991

PUPILLAGE  PRETORIA SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES PUPIL-ADVOCATE 1992

Admitted as an ADVOCATE on 08/09/1992

PRACTISED AS ADVOCATE PRETORIA ADVOCATES CHAMBERS, PRETORIA JANUARY 1993 – AUGUST 2006

Dec.2004: CONFERRED WITH SILK (SC) STATUS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

29/7/2002- 7/10/2002: ACTING JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT, PRETORIA

27/1/2003- 25/4/2003: ACTING JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT, PRETORIA

Oct.2004: ACTING JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT, PRETORIA

Apr.2005: ACTING JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT, PRETORIA

Apr.2006: ACTING JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT, PRETORA

May 2006: ACTING JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT, MTHATHA &   GRAHAMSTOWN

May 2006: PERMANNTLY APPOINTED AS JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA, GAUTENG DIVISION [took office at PRETORIA from 01 SEPTEMBER 2006].

Acting Deputy Judge President, Gauteng Division, PRETORIA Sep. to Dec 2019

Acting Deputy Judge President, Gauteng Division, PRETORIA Nov. to Dec. 2020

Acting Deputy Judge President, Gauteng Division, PRETORIA Jan. to Sep. 2021

Acting Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 October – 30 November 2024                                                                                                          

 

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

1994: IEC - PRESIDING OFFICER - HATFIELD PRIMARY, PRETORIA: 1994 ELECTIONS

1995: JUNIOR COUNSEL TO ADV. GEORGE BIZZOS SC-MATTER: S v MAKWANYANE & ANOTHER 1995 (3) SA 391(CC), ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY: BRIEFED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO ARGUE, ON ITS BEHALF, FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY

1996: CO-COMMISSIONER, PICKARD-COMMISSION: ENQUIRY INTO SOUTH AFRICAN FOOTBALL: BRIEFED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE AND REPORT ON IRREGULARITIES IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN SOCCER.

1997: JUNIOR COUNSEL TO ADV. BERTELSMANN SC as he then was-MATTER: NORTHERN PROVINCE LEGISLATION AUDIT: BRIEFED BY THE NORTHERN PROVINCE GOVERNMENT [Now LIMPOPO] TO LOOK INTO LEGISLATION APPLICABLE IN ITS FORMER TERRITORIES (LEBOWA, VENDA, GAZANKULU AND TRANSVAAL) TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO THE AMENDMENTS, REPEAL OR CONSOLIDATION OF VARIOUS LEGISLATION, INCLUDING DRAFTING OF AMENDMENTS AND NEW LEGISLATION FOR THE NORTHERN PROVINCE [Now LIMPOPO].

1999 - 2012: BOARD MEMBER - PRETORIA ACADEMIC HOSPITAL BOARD

2000-2003: MEMBER - INTERNATIONAL AIR SERVICES COUNCIL

2000: MEMBER (DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON):   COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY INTO MISMANAGEMENT, FRAUD, CORRUPTION AND/OR MALADMINISTRATION IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT COUNCIL - NORTHERN PROVINCE [Now LIMPOPO].

2001-2007: MEMBER: THE ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA

Feb. 2002 to Feb 2006: MEMBER OF THE PRETORIA BAR COUNCIL & GCB

2003- MEMBER OF THE LEGAL AID BOARD

Oct. 2019-Oct 2023: APPOINTED AS MEMBER [Vice Chairperson] OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES [NCCS]

Nov. 2023 to date: APPOINTED AS CHAIRPERSON OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES [NCCS]

 

EDUCATION

 

Matric: Lebogang High School-Welkom.

B. Proc: University of Zululand (1989).

 

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

 

Clerk at Molefi Litheko Attorneys (1990-1992.)

Articled Clerk (Molefi Litheko Attorneys.  (1992-1995.)

1995-2006 Practiced at various law firms.

Acting District Court Magistrate (2007-2008).

Magistrate (Head of Court- Edenburg) 2008-2018.

Acting Regional Court Magistrate (2 May 2016-26 August 2016).

Acting Judge of the High Court (Free State Division).

29 August 2016-23 September 2016.

10 October 2016-11 November 2016.

21 November 2016-15 December 2016.

9 October 2017-15 December 2017.

29 January 2018- 31 March 2018.

Judge of the High Court (Free State Division) 1 July 2018 to date.

Acting Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal, 01 October – 30 November 2024, 01 December 2024 - 31 March 2025, 01 April 2025 - 31 May 2025

 

OTHER ACTIVIVIES

 

Past Committee member of NICRO (Botshabelo).

Past School Governing Body member of BOITUMELO Special School (Thaba Nchu).

Past School Governing Body member of Fadimehang Public School (Botshabelo).

Founding and Committee member of Rethusanang Day Care Centre for the severely mental and physically disabled children (2016-2018).

IEC Investigator into allegations of election law contraventions during the 1994 elections.

Facilitated training of Magistrates.

Facilitated training of candidate attorneys for LSSA in court practice.

Treasurer of the Black Lawyers Association -Free State (Two terms.)

Treasurer of Judicial Officers Association- Free State (Two terms).