Personal:vanderMerwe

29 July 1954, Frankfort Free State
Wife: Tronel
Three children

 

Education

Matric: Grey College, Bloemfontein, 1972
B Juris (1976): University of the Free State
LLB (1978): UNISA

 

Professional History

State Advocate: 1978 – 1980, National Prosecuting Authority, Bloemfontein
Advocate Free State Bar, 1981- 2003
Senior Counsel March 1994
Judge: Free State High Court 1 August 2003
Acting Judge:  Supreme Court of Appeal from 1 December 2012 to 30 November 2013
Acting Judge: Supreme Court of Appeal from 1 December 2014 to 30 November 2015
Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal: June 2016 - 2023

 

Other Activities

Member of the Free State Bar Council, 1990 – 2003.
Chairperson of the Free State Bar Council, 2000 – 2003.
Chairperson of the KOVSIE REGSALUMNI, 2001.
Chairperson of the Disciplinary Committee of the Free State Rugby Union for several years up to 2003.
Vice-chair of the Governing Body of Grey College, 1998 - 2003.
Chairperson of the Governing Body of Grey College, 2004 - 2007.
Member of the Council of the University of the Free State, March 2007 to date.
Chairperson of the Council of the University of the Free State, 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2016.