JUDGE YVONNE THOKOZILE MBATHA

SAC-IAWJ TAKES 3 OUT OF 5

The JSC recommended 5 candidates for appointment to the appeal court including 3 SAC-IAWJ members.

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• Judge Mbatha completed her B.Proc degree at the University of Zululand in 1983.

• She was admitted as an attorney in 1987 and spent most of her career practising in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal.

• She serves as PC in the SAC-IAWJ in KwaZulu-Natal.

She has been:

• Vice-President of the KwaZulu-Natal Law Society from 2006-2007.

• Member of the Intellectual Property Law Committee 2005-2010.

• Member of the Insolvency Committee from 2008-2010.

• Judge Mbatha was appointed to the High Court in 2011.

S.A hapter:

• She obtained a BA (1977) and LLB (1978) from the University of Cape Town.

• She worked as an attorney, including as a partner in various law firms until her appointment to the bench in 2009.

• Judge Nicholls acted in the SCA from October 2016 - March 2017 and June – November 2018.

JUDGE CAROLINE NICHOLLS

• She holds a B Juris (1987) and LLB (1990) from the University of the North West.

• She worked as an attorney at various companies through the 1990’s before acting stints as a magistrate and Judge.

• She served eight years as a Judge at the KwaZulu –Natal High Court before being appointed Deputy Judge President Limpopo.

DEPUTY JUDGE PRESIDENT FIKILE MOKGOHLOA

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The SAC-IAWJ welcomes the return of one of its founding members, Judge President Mashangu Monica Leeuw of the North West Division of the High Court.

• Judge Leeuw obtained her BProc, LLB and LLM in Labour Law from the University of the North.

She was appointed as:

• a Judge of the High Court, Bophuthatswana Provincial Division, Mafikeng in (1999).

• an Acting Judge President, Bophuthatswana Provincial Division in (2005).

• an Acting Judge of the Labour Court of South Africa, Johannesburg in (2007).

• an Acting Judge of the Labour Appeal Court in (2007).

• a Judge of the Labour Appeal Court in (2007).

• Judge President of North West High Court, Mafikeng in (2010).

• an Acting Judge of the Constitutional Court in (2014).

The SAC-IAWJ celebrates the appointment of Judge Tebogo Djaje as Acting DJP, North West Division of the High Court from 1 April 2019 to- 30 June 2019.

• Judge Victor holds B.Soc.Sci, LLB, Diplomas in Arbitration and Advanced Tax Law.

• She is a Judge of the Gauteng Divsion since 2008 and was appointed as a Judge of Compertition Appeal Court in 2018.

• She was a SAC-IAWJ Vice-President during the 2016 - 2018 term.

The SAC-IAWJ celebrates the appointment of Judge Margie Victor as Acting DJP, Gauteng Division for the period 1 May 2019 to 14 August 2019.

The SAC-IAWJ celebrate the acting appointment of its members to higher posts

• Judge Djaje was appointed to the North West Division of the High Court in 2017.

• She served as a Magistrate in Klerksdorp in 2001 - 2004 and Regional Magistrate in Mmabatho in 2004 - 2016.

• She holds BProc and LLB degrees from the University of the North West.

The SAC-IAWJ proudly acknowledges and congratulates Charlotte Oosthuizen-Senekal on her appointmentend as Acting as a Judge of the North-West High Court, Mahikeng for the period 6 May 2019 to 2 June 2019.

She was appointed as a Regional Magistrate in Klerksdorp, North West Province in 1998.

She is the:-

• Coordinator of Regional civil section.

• Member of Association of Regional Magistrates in South Africa.

• Secretary : South African Association of Women Judges.

• She holds a Baccalaureus Juris (1989) and LLB (1991) from the North West University.

The SAC-IAWJ proudly acknowledges one of its longest serving male member’s, Elkan Mametse, in being appointed to act as a Judge in the North West High Court from June 2019.

• Mr. Mametse obtained B Iuris degree from University of Limpopo in 1986 and LLB from VISTA University in 1997.

He has worked as:

• Prosecutor in1986 -1990.

• District Magistrate in 2000-2004.

• Regional Magistrate in 2004 to date.-