Personal details

Date of birth:13 February 1968

Place of birth: Moletši, Polokwane, Limpopo Province

Marital Status: Widower (Deceased Wife Malesetja Makgoka)

Children: Kholo - Daughter (Chartered Accountant) and Ayanda - Son (Practising Attorney).

Education

• Matric: Hwiti High School, Limpopo Province
• B. Proc (1992) University of the North, Limpopo Province
• LLB (2021) University of South Africa

Professional history

• Acting Justice: Constitutional Court: 01 February 2023 - 31 May 2023
• Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 June 2018 to date
• Acting Justice: Supreme Court of Appeal: October 2017 - May 2018
• Acting Justice: Supreme Court of Appeal: June - November 2016
• Acting Judge: Labour Appeal Court: June - November 2015
• Acting Judge: Lesotho High Court, Constitutional Division: April 2015
• Judge: High Court Gauteng Division: August 2009 - May 2018
• Acting Judge: High Court, Transvaal Provinial Division: 2007
• Practising Attorney, Pretoria: 1994 – 2007
• Articles of Clerkship, Pretoria: 1992 - 1993

Seminars Attended

• Judicial Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights and Public Health, January 2012, Elmina, Ghana
• Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESSAAMLG) Judicial Regional Retreat, 13-15 July 2015, Swakopmund, Namibia.
• WIPO Judges Master Dialogue on Intellectual Property Adjudication - Perspective on ntellectual Property: 16 - 19 September 2019, United States of  America
• WIPO Intellectual Property Judges Forum: Promoting Transnational Dialogue Among Judiciaries 13 -15 November 2019, Geneva, Swizerland.

Papers Authored

Author of the following lecture notes for aspirant and newly appointed judges:

• Managing the Unopposed Motion Court, 2014;
• National Credict Act: A Practical Approach, 2014;
• Managing the Opposed Motion Court, 2016;
• Aspects of Constitutional Litigation, 2016
• Practical Aspects on Judgment Writting, 2020

Other Activities

• Lecturer: Legal Education and Development (LEAD) Pretoria Law School, 2006 – 2018.
• Member: Disciplinary Committee: Law Society of the Northern Provinces: 2006–2007.
• Chairperson: Loreto School Parents Association, Queenswood, Pretoria: 2006–2008.
• Member: Board of Governors: Loreto School, Queenswood, Pretoria: 2009-2021.
• Member and Lecturer: Black Lawyers Association-Legal Education Centre (BLA-LEC): 2010 to date.
• Chancellor: Anglican Church of Southern Africa, Diocese of Pretoria: 2012 to date.
• Guest Lecturer: Pretoria Society of Advocates on the National Credit Act: 2012–2019.
• Lecturer:  Aspirant Judges (Law Society of the Northern Provinces): 2014 - 2018.
• Lecturer: Aspirant Judges: South African Judicial Education Institute (SAJEI): 2018 to date.
• Member: Editorial Committee of the South African Institute of Judicial Education Journal: 2016 to date.
• Member: Editorial Team, Journal of the Southern Chapter of the International Association of Women 2019 to date.
• Convener: Research and Publications Committee of the BLA-LEC: 2018 to date.
• Member: Judcial Conduct Committee: 2019 - 2022.
• Member: Advisory Board of Judges, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO): 2020-2021.

Awards and Honours

• Most Inspiring Lecturer, Legal Education and Development, Pretoria Law School, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2013.
• Certificate of Recognition by Law Society of the Northern Provinces for contribution to Judicial Skills Training for aspirant judges: August 2015.
• Certificate of Appreciation by Law Society of South Africa for contribution in the training of candidate attorneys and development of School for Legal Practice in South Africa: September 2015.
• Certificate of Appreciation: Black Lawyers Association (2019 and 2020).