Personal Details
- Matric (1982) East Rand High School
- Dipl Iuris (1985) University of Western Cape
- BA (Law) (1988) University of Western Cape
- LLB (1991) University of Western Cape
- BA (Hon) Public Administration (1993) University Western Cape
- LLM (1995) University of Cape Town
- Admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa 2001
Professional history
- Public Prosecutor: 1986 - Feb 1992
- Regional Court Control Prosecutor: Jan 1991 - Jan 1992
- District Magistrate: Criminal, Family and Civil Courts: Feb 1992 - Mar 1997
- Regional Magistrate: Mar 1997 - Apr 2004
- Acting Judge; Northern Cape High Court, Kimberly: Apr 2004 - Jun 2005
- Judge; Free State High Court, Bloemfontein: June 2005
- Acting Judge; Labour Court: Apr - Jun 2008; Sep - Dec 2009
- Acting Judge; Labour Appeal Court: Feb - June 2010; Jul - Dec 2012; Aug - Dec 2013
- Acting Judge; Lesotho High Court & Lesotho Labour Appeal Court: 2010 - Mar 2012
- Designated Acting Judge; Lesotho Commercial Court: 11 Jul 2012
- Judge; Labour Appeal Court: Jul 2014 – Jul 2024
- Acting Judge President; Free State High Court: Feb-Apr 2015; Dec 2016; Jan-Sep 2017; Jun-Nov 2018
- Acting Judge; Constitutional Court of South Africa: Aug - Dec 2016
- Deputy Judge President; Free State High Court: Jan 2017 - Nov 2018
- Acting Judge; Supreme Court of Appeal: Jan-Sep 2022; Oct-Nov 2023
- Judge President; Free State High Court: 1 Dec 2018 - to date
- Acting Judge; Supreme Court of Appeal:1 Dec 2024 -
Other Activities
Peer facilitator, training magistrates and Judges, nationally and internationally, on topics including:
- Maintenance; Inter-sectionality between HIV/Aids and domestic violence; Domestic violence Act;Social context in judicial decision making; Equality court matters; Human rights in context of criminal matters; Judgement Writing; Sentencing; Social Context in Judicial Decision Making; Adjudication on matters involving the right to equality; Admissibility of electronic evidence; Judicial Accountability and Ethics; Ethics; Social Media and the Judiciary; Judicial Independence.
- Deputy Chairperson, Magistrates’ Association of South Africa – (Western Cape): 1993 - 1994
- Member of executive committee, Magistrates’ Association of South Africa: 1994 - 1995
- Chairperson (Western Cape), Judicial Officers’ Association of South Africa (JOASA): 2000 - 2001
- National President, Judicial Officers’ Association of South Africa (JOASA): 2002 - 2004
- President, African Regional Group of the International Association of Judges: 2010 - 2018
- Currently Hon President, African Regional Group
- One of the Vice Presidents, International Association of Judges: 2010 - 2018.
- Board Member: Law, Race and Gender Research Unit (University of Cape Town): 2005
- Advisory Board Member: Canada – SA – Justice Linkage Project: 2002
- Member, Free State Centre for Human Rights Advisory Board: 8 Oct 2018 - to date.
- Chairperson, Malibu Village Residents and Ratepayers’ Association
- Member, Western Cape Appointments Committee for Magistrates: 2001 - 2004
- Previously Chairperson, Commission for The Remuneration of Public Office Bearers: 2014 - 2019
- Member, Judicial Accountability Committee (High Courts)
- Chairperson, Judicial Accountability Committee for The Lower Courts Member of the Judicial Case Flow Management Committee
- Board Member, South African Judicial Education Institute
- Managing Editor, South African Judicial Education Journal
- Member, The Hague Conference Judges Network since 2019.