Personal

 

29 March 1955

Married

 

Education

 

Grade 12:  Bopedi Bapedi High School, Ga – Marishane

University of the North Polokwane RSA: B.Luris 1982

University of the North Polokwane RSA: LLB 1986

Georgetown University Washington DC: LLM 1988

 

Professional History

 

Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corporation Witbank Mpumalanga RSA, January 1976 - January 1977

Glolec (PTY) Ltd Witbank Mpumalanga RSA, June — December 1977

Venter & Van Nieuwehuizen Attorneys, Emalahleni (Witbank) Mpumalanga RSA, May 1984 - June 1986

University of the Western Cape Bellville Western cape RSA: Senior Lecturer Depart of Public Law, August 1988 — December 1990

Makobe & Dolamo Attorneys, Emalahleni (Witbank) Mpumalanga RSA, Jan 1990 – 2002

Dolamo Incorporated, January 2003 — December 2012

Acting Judge of the High Court of South Africa Northern Gauteng High Court – Pretoria (formerly

Transvaal Provincial Division); 2004 – One Term, 2005 One – Term, 2006 One – Term.

Acting Judge of the High Court of South Africa (Western Cape High Court) 2011 (One Term); January 2012 – January 2013

Appointed Judge of the High Court of South Africa (Western Cape High Court) – February 2013 to date

Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 2019

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

 

Other Professional Activities

 

Summer intern: Institute for the study of Responsive Law Washington DC USA, July 1988

Captain of the Soccer Team: 1974 — 1975, Bopedi Bapedi High School

Member of the Sovenga League Executive Comitte (Sovenga league was at that time a highly

competitive Soccer league comprising of 18 teams based on the University Campus)

Secretary of the church Council - and 1996 - St Peters Anglican Church Witbank parish

Examiner in terms of the Attorneys Admission Act

Member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Law Society (a circle of the Law Society of the Northern

Provinces formerly Law Society of the Transvaal)

Chairperson Emalahleni (Witbank) Attorneys Association, 2002

Member of the Mpumalanga Rugby Union's Disciplinary Committee, 2002

Member of the Judicial Committee of the South African Rugby Football Union, 2000 to date 

Member of Sanzar (South Africa, Australia & New Zealand) organizers of the Nation & Super in Rugby tournament Judicial Committee

Chairman of the Board — Consumer Institute of South Africa (a section 21 company established to

research, protect and advance consumer interest)

Board Member - Emalahleni Housing Institution, 2008 – 2011

Chairperson of the Board - Emalahleni Housing, 2011

 

Awards and scholarships

Sportsman of the Year,1975: Bopedi Bapedi High School — Nebo District

Best student in History of Law Course, 1982 — University of the North

Best student: Dissertation for the LLB Degree 1987 — University of the North

Full Bright Scholarship: 1987 — 1988 to study for the LLM Degree at Georgetown

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.