Personal details
23 December 1957, Pietermaritzburg
Wife: Vera Zondi
Three children
Education
- Matric: St. Augustine’s High School, Dundee
- B Iuris (1982) University of Fort Hare
- LLB (1984) University of Natal
- LLM (1988) Georgetown University Law School
Professional history
- Admitted as an Attorney: 1986
- Professional assistant at Hattenbach & Abraham, Johannesburg 1986 - 1987
- Attorney: 1989 - 2007
- Visiting Lecturer, Portland State University, Oregon (Summer 1988 and 1995)
- Commissioner, Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) 1997 - 2006
- Acting Judge, Western Cape High Court 2004 - 2007
- Judge, Western Cape High Court, 2007
- Acting Judge: Competition Appeal Court, 2009 – 2011
- Judge, Competition Appeal Court, 2011 – 2014
- Acting Judge, Labour Appeal Court, 2012
- Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal, 2013
- Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal, 2014
Publications, Honours and other Activities:
- Fulbright scholar 1987 – 1988
- Trustee, PARMED 2011 - 2014
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Personal details
31 October 1964, King Williamstown
Two children
Education
Professional history
- Articles of Clerkship: 1988-1990, Ndzimande and Mbuli. Durban
- Practising Attorney: 1992-2003
- Lecturer: East London Law School, 1999
- Lecturer: Fort Hare 2002-2003
- Acting Judge: High Court, Eastern Cape Division, 2003-2005
- High Court Judge: Eastern Cape, 2005-2015
- Acting Judge: Competition Appeal Court, 2009
- Judge: Competition Appeal Court, 2010
- Lecturer: Black Lawyers Association Legal Education Institute (Law School) 2011-2012
- Acting Judge: Constitutional Court, 2013-2014
- Acting Judge: Supreme Court of Appeal, 2014-2015
- Judge of Appeal: Supreme Court of Appeal, 2015
Publications, Honours and other Activities:
- Attorneys & Conveyancers Fidelity Fund bursary for post graduate study at Natal University, Durban, 1987
- Member of Council: New Horizon School, Butterworth, 1997-2000
- Member of Council: Law Society of the Cape of Good Hope, 2003-2005
- Member of Council: Diocesan School for Girls (DSG), Grahamstown, 2013
- Member of Council: South African Judicial Institute, 2014
- Trustee: Heatherbank School, Port Elizabeth, 2014
- Deputy Chair of Council: Walter Sisulu University, 2014
- Chair of Council: Walter Sisulu University, 2015
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Personal details
10 July 1954, Qokolweni village, Mqanduli, Eastern Cape
Wife: Sbongile Sybil
Three children
Education
- Matric: Bensonvale High School, 1972
- B. Proc, 1978
- LLB degree at the University of Natal, 1989
- Permanently appointed to the Bench in July 2005
Professional history
- Attorney: 1982 – 2005
- Mthatha : 10 July 2005 – 31 May 2012
- Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal: 2012
- Acting Justice, Constitutional Court: 2018
Personal details
28 November 1956
Husband: Gcina Malindi
Three children
Education
- Matric: (1973) St Annes College
- BA (1976) University of Cape Town
- LLB (1978) University of Cape Town
- Certificate in Trusts and Deceased Estates (2002) University of South Africa
Professional history
- Articles of clerkship, Johannesburg: Attorney Priscilla Jana: 1981-1983
- Admitted as an attorney: 2 February 1984
- Attorney, Johannesburg: 1984 – 2007.
- Acting Judge, Johannesburg High Court: 2008 – 2009.
- Judge; Johannesburg High Court: 1 September 2009 – May 2019.
- Acting Judge; Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 October 2016 – 31 March 2017.
- Acting Judge; Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 June 2018 – 30 November 2018.
- Acting Judge; Constitutional Court: 1 February – 1 June 2019.
- Judge; Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 June 2019
Other
- Member of Nadel: 1988 - 2009
- NEC member Nadel: 2001 - 2003
- Councillor of Law Society of the Northern Provinces: 1999 – 2007
- Member of the following committees of the Law Society: Finance and Audit Committee; Gender andTransformation Committee and Staff and Human Resources Committee
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First appointed as a judge: 28-07-2008 to the Free State High Court
Appointed to the Supreme Court of Appeal: 2018
Further appointments: Appointed as JP Free State HC 2014
Prior to her permanent appointment to the SCA in June 2018 Molemela had acted several times on that Bench and had spent two terms acting at the Constitutional Court in 2015.
Molemela holds LLB and LLM degrees from the University of Free State,
A member of the International Association of Women Judges, Molemela is current chancellor at the Central University of Technology
Key judgments:
(1) Gold Circle (Pty) Ltd v Maharaj (1313/17) [2019] ZASCA 93 (3 June 2019)
(2) Purlish Holdings v The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service (76/18)[2019] ZASCA 04 (26 February 2019) ;
(3) Joan Cynthia Griessel NO & others v De Kock (334/18) [2019] ZASCA 95 (6 June 2019)
She is currently a board member of the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation and the Institute of Directors Southern Africa.