HENDRICKS, RONALD DEON
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
MJALI, GLORIA NOZUKO ZUKISWA
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.
MOLOPA-SETHOSA LETTY MPHO
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]
NKOSINATHI EMMANUEL CHILI
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.