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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
    Judges information courtsey of Supreme Court of Appeal(www.supremecourtofappeal.org.za)