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