PERSONAL:
19 December 1960 PRETORIA
EDUCATION:
MATRIC(1982): VLAKFONTEIN HIGH SCHOOL, MAMELODI
BPROC(1988): UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND (WITS)
LLB(1990): UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND (WITS)
LLM (HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONALPRACTICE)
PASSED WRITTEN EXAM; DISSERTATION STILL OUTSTANDING UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA (TUKKIES)
COMPUTER LITERACY(1998) UNISCHOOL (UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA)
PROFFESSIONAL HISTORY:
LEGAL RESOURCES CENTRE (JOHANNESBURG) STUDENT LEGAL ADVISOR 1988
WITS UNIVERSITY OLIVER SCHREINER LAW LIBRARY STUDENT ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN 1988 - 1990
WITS CAMPUS LAW CLINIC STUDENT LEGAL ADVISOR 1990
MATLALA INCORPORATED CANDIDATE ATTORNEY 1991
PUPILLAGE PRETORIA SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES PUPIL-ADVOCATE 1992
Admitted as an ADVOCATE on 08/09/1992
PRACTISED AS ADVOCATE PRETORIA ADVOCATES CHAMBERS, PRETORIA JANUARY 1993 – AUGUST 2006
Dec.2004: CONFERRED WITH SILK (SC) STATUS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
29/7/2002- 7/10/2002: ACTING JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT, PRETORIA
27/1/2003- 25/4/2003: ACTING JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT, PRETORIA
Oct.2004: ACTING JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT, PRETORIA
Apr.2005: ACTING JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT, PRETORIA
Apr.2006: ACTING JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT, PRETORA
May 2006: ACTING JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT, MTHATHA & GRAHAMSTOWN
May 2006: PERMANNTLY APPOINTED AS JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA, GAUTENG DIVISION [took office at PRETORIA from 01 SEPTEMBER 2006].
Acting Deputy Judge President, Gauteng Division, PRETORIA Sep. to Dec 2019
Acting Deputy Judge President, Gauteng Division, PRETORIA Nov. to Dec. 2020
Acting Deputy Judge President, Gauteng Division, PRETORIA Jan. to Sep. 2021
Acting Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal: 01 October – 30 November 2024
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
1994: IEC - PRESIDING OFFICER - HATFIELD PRIMARY, PRETORIA: 1994 ELECTIONS
1995: JUNIOR COUNSEL TO ADV. GEORGE BIZZOS SC-MATTER: S v MAKWANYANE & ANOTHER 1995 (3) SA 391(CC), ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY: BRIEFED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO ARGUE, ON ITS BEHALF, FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
1996: CO-COMMISSIONER, PICKARD-COMMISSION: ENQUIRY INTO SOUTH AFRICAN FOOTBALL: BRIEFED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE AND REPORT ON IRREGULARITIES IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN SOCCER.
1997: JUNIOR COUNSEL TO ADV. BERTELSMANN SC as he then was-MATTER: NORTHERN PROVINCE LEGISLATION AUDIT: BRIEFED BY THE NORTHERN PROVINCE GOVERNMENT [Now LIMPOPO] TO LOOK INTO LEGISLATION APPLICABLE IN ITS FORMER TERRITORIES (LEBOWA, VENDA, GAZANKULU AND TRANSVAAL) TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO THE AMENDMENTS, REPEAL OR CONSOLIDATION OF VARIOUS LEGISLATION, INCLUDING DRAFTING OF AMENDMENTS AND NEW LEGISLATION FOR THE NORTHERN PROVINCE [Now LIMPOPO].
1999 - 2012: BOARD MEMBER - PRETORIA ACADEMIC HOSPITAL BOARD
2000-2003: MEMBER - INTERNATIONAL AIR SERVICES COUNCIL
2000: MEMBER (DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON): COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY INTO MISMANAGEMENT, FRAUD, CORRUPTION AND/OR MALADMINISTRATION IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT COUNCIL - NORTHERN PROVINCE [Now LIMPOPO].
2001-2007: MEMBER: THE ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA
Feb. 2002 to Feb 2006: MEMBER OF THE PRETORIA BAR COUNCIL & GCB
2003- MEMBER OF THE LEGAL AID BOARD
Oct. 2019-Oct 2023: APPOINTED AS MEMBER [Vice Chairperson] OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES [NCCS]
Nov. 2023 to date: APPOINTED AS CHAIRPERSON OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES [NCCS]
