Personal
6 February 1957
Married, 2 Children
Education
Matric: Witteklip Secondary School, 1974
BA (Law): University of Durban Westville, 1977
LLB: University of Durban Westville, 1979
PC Training institute: Certificate in Microsoft Office, 1999
University of Cape Town: Certificate in Social context training, 1999
Varsity College: Diploma in Business Management, 2001
Professional History
Served articles of Clerkship, January 1980 – February 1982
Practicing Attorney in a partnership with two others, February 1982 – July 1985
Legal advisor to the then Small Business Development Corporation in Durban, now known as Business
Partners, July 1985 – March 1988
Private practice as an attorney, March 1988 – February 1992
Presided in the Small Claims Court in Verulam, 1991; Lectured part-time at the (then) ML Sultan
Technikon (now Durban University of Technology), 1991
Prosecutor: Department of Justice, 1992 – 1998
Appointed Magistrate in the District Court in Durban, August 1998 – October 2002
Appointed Senior Magistrate (Civil Courts) and served as Head of the Civil Courts, November 2002- January 2005
Acted as a Judge of the High Court of South Africa Durban & Coast Local Division 1 August- 4 September 2005; Acted as a Regional Court Magistrate, 2005
Acting Judge of the High Court of South Africa Durban & Coast Local Division, 31 July- 3 September 2006
Acting Judge of the High Court of South Africa Durban and Coast Local Division, 28 July - 31 August 2008, Natal Provincial Division from 1 September - 28 September 2008
Acting Judge of the High Court of South Africa Natal Provincial Division, 14 April -24 May 2009
Served as Head of the Family Court Division at the Durban Magistrate’s Court, February 2005 – December 2010
Acting Judge of the High Court, Kwa-Zulu Provincial Division (Durban), 1-28 March 2010
Head of the Criminal Court Division at the Durban Magistrate’s Court, January 2011 to July 2011
Acting Judge in the Free State High Court, 10 October 2011 – 23 March 2012
Acting Judge in the KZN High Court Durban, 29 April – 2 June 2013
Acting Judge of the North Gauteng High Court, 22 July – 9 August 2013
Acting Judge South Gauteng High Court, 12 August – 20 September 2013
Acting Judge in the Free State High Court, 21 October – 13 December 2013
Served as the Deputy Head of Office, Durban, August 2011 to October 2013
Appointed to the Free State Bench, 1 January 2014
Acting Deputy Judge President of the Free State, 29 January - 30 March 2018
Acting Deputy Judge President of the Free State Division for two terms, 15 April - 28 June 2019 and 29 July to 20 September 2019.
Acting Deputy Judge President of the Free State Division, 5 October - 6 November 2020
Acting Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: 04 June – 30 September 2024
Other Professional Activities
Appointed as Trainer/Facilitator for the Law Race and Gender Research Unit, University of Cape Town (LRG), 1999
Appointed Assistant Editor of “The Judicial Officer”, 2000
Selected to serve as a Magistrate Mentor, 2001
Elected Provincial Treasurer of the Judicial Officers Association of South Africa (JOASA), 2001 – 2004
Represented JOASA at a conference of the International Association of Judges (IAJ) in Morocco, 2002
Elected Provincial Chairperson of JOASA, Kwa-Zulu Natal; Elected the first Vice President Publications of the South African Chapter of the International Association of Women Judges (SAC-IAWJ), 2004
Assessor High Court, Durban, 15 November to 15 December 2004
Re-elected Provincial Chairperson of JOASA Kwa-Zulu Natal; Appointed Editor of “The Judicial Officer”, 2005
Represented the SAC-IAWJ at the Biennial Conferences of the IAWJ in Sydney, Australia, 2006;
Represented JOASA at a conference of the IAJ in Hungary, 2006
Elected Vice President: Programmes of SAC- IAWJ; Participated in the Judicial Training Programme for Aspirant Women Judges, 2007
Completed Training Programme for Aspirant Women Judges, 2008
Elected Interim National Secretary and International Liaison Person of SAC-IAWJ, and Chairperson of JOASA Special Committee on Gender, 2009
Elected Deputy President and International Liaison Person of SAC-IAWJ, 2010 – 2014
Served on the Division’s Social Committee, 2014 – 2017 and Judges’ IT Committee, 2015 to date
Project Manager as well as co-facilitator of training programmes for judicial officers on Combating Human Trafficking, 2009-2011
Represented the SAC-IAWJ at a conference of the Southern African Association of Chief Justices, in NAIDOOZambia, 2011
Represented SAC-IAWJ at the Biennial Conference of the IAWJ in Arusha, Tanzania, 2014
