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]

 

PERSONAL PARTICULARS

SURNAME: Chili

FIRST NAME(S) Nkosinathi Emmanuel

 

EDUCATION

STANDARD PASSED: Matric 1984

SCHOOL ATTENDED: Mshiyane High School, Inanda

 

TERTIARY EDUCATION

INSTITUTION: University of Zululand

QUALIFICATION OBTAINED: B Juris and LLB, obtained in 1989 and 1992

 

FURTHER EDUCATION

 

QUALIFICATION OBTAINED: Certificate in Major Case Management obtained in London in 2003

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

Volunteer Teacher at Isaviyo Primary School, Ndwedwe for a period of 6

months in 1985.

Court Interpreter at Durban and Verulam Magistrate’s Court from March

1993 to May 1995.

State Prosecutor in Pietermaritzburg and Umlazi Magistrate’s Court from May 1995 to October 1997.

State Advocate in the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions,

Durban from November 1997 to November 2000.

Senior State Advocate in the office of the Director of Special Operations

(Scorpions as it then was) in Durban from December 2000 to March 2005.

Magistrate in Durban Magistrate’s Court from March 2005 to May 2014.

Acting Judge in the High Court, KwaZulu-Natal:

2 sessions in 2009; 2 sessions in 2010; 2 sessions in 2012; 4 sessions in

2013 and 4 sessions in 2014.

Judge of the High Court, KwaZulu-Natal from 01 June 2014 to date.

Acting Deputy Judge President from 01 October 2023 to 31 December

2023

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

 

MEMBER OF LEGAL ORGANISATION

Member of the Society of State Advocates from 1999 to 2004.

Member of a committee called “Agents of Change” established in the

year 2000 with the view of facilitating transformation at the workplace.

Member of JOASA from 2004 to 2014.

Member of Black Lawyers Association from 1999 to 2014.

 

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Chairperson of Chili Tribunal Authority in Ndwendwe.

Chairperson of Zion Apostolic Church in South Africa.

 

My acting stint as the Deputy Judge President.

 

For the period 01 October 2023 to 31 December 2023 I served as the

Acting Deputy Judge President of the Division. I have reason to believe

that during my acting stint I acquitted myself very well. I never received

any complaint from my colleagues, members of the legal fraternity or any

member of staff for that matter about the manner in which I conducted

myself. I had a cordial interaction with my colleagues and members of

the legal fraternity. Nomination letters which form part of the present

application attest to that fact.

 

Allocation of duties

I did everything in my power to ensure equal distribution of matters to

my colleagues and I strongly believe that I did so in a fair even handed

manner. If not, I would have received a complaint from my colleagues

but I never did. Throughout the entire session both in Durban and in

Pietermaritzburg, I allocated duties in accordance with the roster in

which I made changes as they occurred from time to time, with the view

of ensuring equitable distribution of duties. In the event that I am

shortlisted for the post I undertake to present the two sets of rosters to

the panel for consideration.

During my acting stint I accepted an invite by NADEL where I delivered

a paper on diversity at the workplace. I attach hereto a copy of my paper

marked annexure “B”. I also participated at the Seminar for Acting

Judges in Johannesburg where I delivered a paper on Judicial Code of

Conduct and Ethics. See annexure “C” attached hereto.

During my acting stint I also accepted a request by the Judge President

to chair the appeal records subcommittee established with the view to

overcome delays in prosecuting appeals. I am still the chairperson of that

committee. Attached hereto are minutes of the latest meeting held on

22 May 2024.

 

My experience as a Senior State Advocate

Before I conclude, I wish to point out that as a Senior State Advocate I

held the title of Case Manager, leading a team of Advocates and

Investigators.

To conclude, I wish to point out that I familiarised myself with the vision of the

Judge President of our Division which I support. In the event that I am

shortlisted for the post, I undertake to address all questions pertaining to the

Judge President’s vision if required to do so by the panel.

  1. PITSO EPHRAIM MOLITSOANE