Personal
03 September 1973
Two Children
Education
Matric: Kgola- Thuto High School, Phutjhaditjhaba
BProc: University of the North,
Certificate Programme in Leadership Development (CPLD): WITS Business School
Certificate in Gender and Development (Women and development approach): UMTAPO
Centre in conjunction with University of Amsterdam
Professional History
Candidate Attorney, Kubushi Molemela Attorneys and TP Mosese Attorneys: 02 May 1996 - 30 June 1998 and 01 July 1998 - 31 January 2000
Coordinator, Thusanang Advice Centre (Human Rights Centre): 01 February 2000 - 31 March 2001
Admitted as an Attorney 08 March 2001
Practicing Attorney: Peete Mosese Incorporated: 01 April 2001 - January 2002
Part time Lecturer, Free State Technikon: 1999 - February 2002
Professional Assistant, Legal Aid South Africa: Phuthaditjhaba: 01 February 2002 - 31 March 2004
Supervisory Professional Assistant, Legal Aid South Africa: Phuthaditjhaba: 01 April 2005 - 13 December 2005
Justice Centre Executive, Legal Aid South Africa: Welkom: 14 December 2005 - 30 April 2009
Regional Operations Executive, Legal Aid South Africa, Limpopo and Mpumalanga region, Free State & North West Region 01 May 2009 - 31 July 2012
Director at Mhlambi Incorporated: 01 August 2012 – 31 December 2015
Acting Judge of the High Court, Free State: 13 April 2014 - 27 June 2014, 27 July 2014 - 19 September 2014, 13 April 2015 - 31 May 2015, 27 July 2015 - 21 August 2015 and 23 November 2015 - 04 December 2015.
Judge of the High Court: Free State Division: 01 January 2016 - 30 June 2021
Acting Judge of the High Court of Lesotho: April 2016
Acting Deputy Judge President, Free State High Court 14 April 2020 - 26 June 2020, 27 July 2020 -18 September 2020, 18 January 2021 - 26 March 2021
Deputy Judge President of the High Court: Free State Division: 01 July 2021
Acting Judge President: Free State Division: 17 January 2022 - 30 September 2022, 02 October 2023 - 30 November 2023
Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 December 2023 – 31 March 2024
Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 April - 31 May 2024
Awards, Honours and other Activities
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Finalist, South Africa’s Most Influential Women Award in the Legal Category, CEO Magazine, 2012 -
Member of the Library Advisory Committee of the Judiciary: 2017 - date -
Presenter of Trial Advocacy of the Black Lawyers Association (BLA) Legal Education Centre. -
Provincial Coordinator IAWJ: 2021 - 2023 -
Member, Peer Review Committee: South African Chapter of the International Association of Women Judges Journal: 2020 to date. -
Member of the Governance Committee of the National Forum on the Legal Profession 2015. -
Trustee for the Legal Provident Fund: March 2013 to December 2015. -
Chairperson of the Human Resources and Administration Committee of the National Forum on the Legal Profession: March 2015 to 31 December 2015 -
Member of the National Forum on the Legal Profession (Legal Practice Act): March 2015 - December 2015 -
Deputy Chairperson of Matjhabeng Municipal Planning Tribunal July 2015 - 31 December 2015 -
Member of the Free State Operating Licensing Board: February 2013 - December 2015 -
Handling disciplinary hearings: South African Football Association Castle and Vodacom Leagues: 2001- 2009 -
Committee member, Free State Gender Forum Pioneered by the Office on Status of Women 2000-2003. -
Municipal Conflict Manager, FS 194 IEC for 2000 Municipal Elections -
Executive Committee Member Free State Network on Violence Against Women 2000-2001. -
Member of the Family Law and Gender Committee of the Law Society of the Free State: 2006 - December 2015 -
Member of the Family Law and Gender Committees of the Law Society of South Africa: March 2006 - December 2015 -
Chairperson of the Gender Committee of the Law Society of South Africa: March 2009 to December 2015 -
Chairperson of the Criminal Law and Procedure Committee of the Law Society of South Africa: March 2007 - April 2009 -
Member of the Rules Board for the Courts of Law: 2011 -
Councilor of the Law Society of the Free State: October 2005 to 31 May 2009, re- elected in October 2013 - 31 December 2015 -
Member of the Board of Trustees of the BLA – Legal Education Centre: September 2007 - July 2022 -
Member of the South African Women Lawyers Association: 2006 - December 2015 -
Deputy President: South African Women Lawyers Association (SAWLA) Free State Branch: 2007 - April 2009. -
Chairperson, of the Black Lawyers Association (BLA) Free State Branch: 2006-2010. -
Deputy Chairperson, The Black Lawyers Association (BLA) Free State Branch: 2004-2006. -
Secretary, Black Lawyers Association (BLA) Free State Branch: 2002-2004. -
National Treasurer, Black Lawyers Association: October 2011 - October 2013 -
Member of the Executive Committee of the Black Lawyers Association (BLA) Free State Branch: 2001 - October 2015 -
Member of the National Working Committee of the Black Lawyers Association: 2006 - December 2015 -
Member of the Black Lawyers Association: 1996 to 2016 -
Member of the Bursary Committee of the Attorneys’ Fidelity Fund: 2005- 2009 -
Member of the Board of Control of the Attorneys’ Fidelity Fund: 01 March 2006 - 03 April 2009 -
Board member, Centre for Citizenship Education and Conflict Resolution Pioneered by the Free State Legislature November 2001- March 2004. -
Board Member: Thusanang Advice Centre 2001-2007. -
Councilor of the Law Society of the Free State: October 2005 - 31 May 2009, re- elected in October 2013 - 31 December 2015 -
Member of the Advisory Council of CAOSA (Community Advice Offices of South Africa): September 2021 - date -
Patron: Basadi ba Molao (An Organization dealing with Legal Education and Mediation): January 2022 - date -
Chairperson of the Library Committee, Free State High Court: March 2016 to date -
Member of the Board of Trustees of the BLA – Legal Education Centre: September 2007 - July 2022 -
Member of the Network of Judges, The Hague Conference in Private International Law on The Hague Convention on child abduction (1980): 2018
