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