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