Personal details
26 June 1956, Edinburgh, Scotland
Wife: Leila Patel
Two children
Education
- Matric: William Hills High School, Benoni
- BA University of the Witwatersrand
- LLB University of the Witwatersrand
- H Dip Tax Law University of the Witwatersrand
Professional history
- Acting Judge, Johannesburg High Court: January – September 2001
- Judge of the High Court: September 2001 – May 2005
- Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: June 2005 – September 2006
- Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal: 2006 to 2021
Publications on Legal Topics
- Founding Member of United Democratic Front (A Coalition of Anti-Apartheid Organisations):1983
- Awarded fellowships at Yale University: 1992 and New York University: 2005
- Awarded Fellowship at the Legal Resources Centre: 1982
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Personal details
11 June 1951, Polokwane, Limpopo province, South Africa
Married: Dr Setlola Lorna Esther Phoshoko-Mojapelo
Four Children: One son and three daughters
Three grandchildren: One girl and three boys
Education
- Matric: Tshebela High School
- B Proc and LLB: University of the North (now Limpopo)
- Attorneys Admission Board Exams
Profession
- Lecturer – 1 year at University of Limpopo
- Admitted as Attorney of High Court of South Africa: January 1980
- Acting Judge of the High Court, Pretoria: 1999 and 2001
- Permanent judge of High Court of South Africa (then TPD): 27 January 2003
- Deputy Judge President of WLD (now Gauteng Division, Johannesburg): 01 January 2005 - to date (2020)
- Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 December 2019 – 31 March 2020
Professional history
- Candidate Attorney: Webber Wentzel, Johannesburg: Jan 1978 – Dec 1979
- Member: Law Society of the Transvaal: 1980 to Dec 2002
- Member: Black Layers Association (BLA): 1980 to Jan 2003
- Member: National Association of Democratic Laws (Nadel): 1987-1989
- Examiner and Senior Examiner: Law Society of South Africa: +- 1988 – 2002
- Secretary, BLA: 1985 -1991;
- National President, BLA: 1991-1995
- IBA Mission to Kenya re Threats to the Independence of the Legal Profession and the Judiciary: 1996
- ICJ Mission to Sri Lanka re Threats to the Independence of the Judiciary: 1997
- Board Member, BLA-Legal Education Centre: 1995 - 2006
- Chair: BLA-Legal Education Centre Trust: +- 2001 – 2006
- Commissioner: Judicial Service Commission: 1994 – 2002
- Commissioner: South African Law Reform Commission: 1997/8 – 2000/1
- LLD (Hon causa): University of Limpopo – 2007
- Instructor/Trainer on Trial Advocacy for BLA and Motion Court for the Bar Council: 1996 -2019
- Judicial Skills Training for members of Law Society: 2005 – 2018
- Attended intensive course on Court Annexed Mediation, Utah, USA: Oct 2019 – Nov 2019
Publications on Legal Topics
- Doctrine of Separation of Powers in SA Context: Advocate 2013
- Regular Column on History of the BLA – in several issues of African Law Review: 2017 - date
- Papers on variety of subjects delivered over the years
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Personal details
09 October 1962
Wife: Nomalanga Rosina
Three children
Education
- Matric: Mamelodi High School
- B Proc (1983), UNIN
Professional history
- State Prosecutor: 1983 – 1984
- Served articles: 1985 – 1986
- Admitted as an Attorney of the High Court Gauteng: 1986 – 2005
- Appointed as the Judge of the High Court of South Africa (Gauteng High Court: November 2005 – to date)
- Appointed as Deputy Judge President of the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria: May 2013
- Acting Justice of the Constitutional Court: January 2019 – June 2019
- Chairperson of the Magistrates Commission from 01 April 2019
- Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 April 2020 - 31 May 2020; 1 June 2020 - 30 November 2020; 1 December 2020 - 31 May 2021
Publications, Honours and other Activities:
- Council Member of the Law Society of the Northern Province: 1999 – 2005
- Commissioner of the Small Claims Court: 2003 – 2005
- Member of the Magistrates Commission: 2003 – 2005
- Board Member of Mamelodi Hospital: 2004 – 2005
- Attended the “Judges and the Media Pillars of Democracy Seminar: 24 – 25 October 2008; Muldersdrift
- Member of the International Association of Refugee Law Judges since 2009
- Participated in Trial Advocacy trainings organised by the BLA: 2010
- Appointed as the Vice Chairperson of the National Council for Correctional Services: February 2010 – 2013
- Participated in Advocacy training organised by GCB at the University of Pretoria: 2010 & 2011
- Successfully attended the “Teachers Training weekend” organized by the General Council of the Bar for Advocacy Training: September 2011; Drakensberg, Free State
- Successfully completed a five day training course “Training Judges on Intellectual Property Rights and Property Rights and Public Health”: 7 – 21 January; Ghana
- Speaker and presenter at the Seminar for Regional Court Magistrates organised by the South African Judicial Education Institute: 24 January 2012; TOPIC: Adjudication of Road Accident Fund Matters AND Judicial approach to quantification of damages
- Member of Judiciary Case Flow Management Committee established by the Chief Justice since 2013
- Chaired Court Interpreters Capacitation Committee established by the Chief Justice: 2014 – 2016
- Arranging training for aspirant Judges for the Law Society Northern Province since 2014
- Member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Committee of the South African Law Reform Commission since 2018