Personal: 
Born 11 February 1969, Ngangelizwe Township, Mthatha, Eastern Cape.
Married to Nehru Mteteleli Mali.
Three children.
Education:
Matric: Mthatha Technical College (1985).
Dip Iuris (1988) B Iuris (Walter Sisulu University) (1992).
LLB; Walter Sisulu University: (1994).
LLM Tax: University of Cape Town (1996).
Professional History:
Public Prosecutor: 1988 - 1995.
Articles of clerkship: Blakeway and Leppan Mthatha, EC: 1996 - 1998.
Lecturer: UNITRA (now Walter Sisulu University) Part-time: 1996 -1997.
Non-Practising Attorney employed at SARS: 1999-2006.
Lecturer (UNISA) : 2007 - 2008.
Director: Nelisa Mali Attorneys; Pretoria: 2006 - 2016.
Director: Nelisa Mali Attorneys; East London: 2014 - 2016.
Acting Judge; Gauteng Division of the High Court: 1 October 2013 - 31 December 2013; 1 April 2014 - 30 June 2014; 1 August 2014 - 30 November 2014; 1 February 2015 - 31 December 2015.
Judge; Gauteng Division of the High Court: 2016 - to date.
Judge; Mpumalanga Division of the High Court: 2019 - 2021.
Acting Deputy Judge President; Mpumalanga Division of the High Court: 1 September 2020 - 31 October 2020.
Acting Judge; Supreme Court of Appeal: 1 October 2022 - 30 November 2022; 1 December 2022 - 31 March 2023; 1 April- 31 May 2023; 1 June- 30 September 2023
Other Activities:
Visiting Attorney through (the UK-based London Law Firm) the International Lawyers for Africa (ILFA) in the United Kingdom. Placed at Hogan Lovells PLC London worked on International Commercial Law and International Tax Law. The program also consisted of class attendance at Oxford and Cambridge Universities: from August 2011 - December 2011.
Presented a paper on Small Business Taxation in Angola at a 3-day International Tax Conference: in 2012.
Presented various training programs on Tax law through the South African Women Lawyers Association (SAWLA), Black Lawyers Association (BLA), and Law Society of South Africa (LSSA).
Secretary SAWLA Eastern Cape: 2010 - 2013.
Councillor Law Society of the Northern Province: 2013 - 2015.
Chairperson of the Tax Law Committee Law Society of South Africa: 2014 - 2016.
