summary

African male, 61 years of age.

CURRENT POSITION

Deputy Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa and currently the Acting Chief Justice.

QUALIFICATIONS

• • B. Iuris (UZ); LLB (UKZN); LLM (cum laude) (Labour Law) (UNISA); LLM (with specialisation in commercial law)(UNISA); LLM (Patent Law) (UNISA).

PREVIOUS JUDICIAL POSITIONS:

• • Judge, Labour Court, 01 November 1997 – August 1999;
  • Judge, Gauteng Division, Pretoria, April 1999;
  • Judge President of the Labour Appeal Court and Labour Court May 2000 – April 2010;
  • Acting Justice of the Constitutional Court, November 2011 – May 2012;
  • Justice of the Constitutional Court, 01 September 2012;
  • Deputy Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa, 01 June 2017;
  • Acting Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa, 01-30 November 2017, 01 July 2021 to date.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS HELD

• • • Research Fellow at the Legal Resources Centre, Durban, 1984 – February 1985;
    • Articled Clerk under Mrs Victoria Mxenge at Mxenge, Ngxingweni and Shezi in Durban, March 1985 – August 1986;Articled Clerk at Mthembu & Co, Durban, Aug/Sep 1985 – August 1986;
    • Articled of Clerk at Chennels Albertyn under Mr Chris Albertyn, September 1986 – April 1988;
    • Clerk at Mathe & Co, May 1988—May 1989;
    • Attorney and partner at Mathe & Co. name of the firm changed to Mathe and Zondo Incorporated, May 1989;
    • Member of a Committee of the Goldstone Commission which investigated political violence that occurred in certain mines in Welkom arising out of VAT stay-aways; and Member of a Committee of the Goldstone Commission which investigated political violence in the South Coast of KwaZulu Natal, 1991 – 1992;
    • Member of a Ministerial Committee appointed by the then Minister of Labour, Mr Tito Mboweni, to draft a Labour Relations Bill for the democratic South Africa; Aug 1994 – March 1995;
    • First Chairperson of the Governing Body of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), 1995/1996 – early 1997.

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS / EXTRA-JUDICIAL WORK

• • Chairperson of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State, January 2018 – date;
  • Acting Chairperson of the Judicial Conduct Committee of the Judicial Service Commission, June 2017 – date;
  • Chairperson of the Executive Committee of the South African Judicial Education Institute (SAJEI) Council, 2018 to present;
  • Member of the SAJEI Council and presently Acting Chairperson of the SAJEI Council, 2018 to present.

White male, 69 years of age.

CURRENT POSITION

Accredited Mediator with the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR).

QUALIFICATIONS

• • BA; LLB (cum laude) (University of Stellenbosch).

PREVIOUS JUDICIAL POSITIONS:

• • Acting Judge of the Western Cape Division of the High Court.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS HELD

• • • Advocate, 1978;
    • Senior Counsel conferred in 1993;
    • Lecturer in law at the University of the Western Cape;
    • Lecturer and Trainer in mediation under the auspices of the University of Cape Town’s UCT@Work’s post graduate program.

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS / EXTRA-JUDICIAL WORK

• • Founder of the Mediation Foundation for Peace and Justice; and the Nelson Peace Centre;
  • Adv Nelson serves on the following mediation panels namely: Winelands Mediation Group, Mediation in Motion; Conflict Dynamics; and Western Cape Government’s ADR Forum;
  • Chairperson of Mediation in Motion NPO;
  • Mediation Director of the South African Medico-Legal Association;
  • Founding member of the Restoration Foundation.

African Male, 62 years of age.

CURRENT POSITION

Judge President of the Gauteng Division of the High Court, appointed as such on 01 November 2012.

QUALIFICATIONS

• • BLLD degree honoris causa – University of Fort Hare; LLB – University of South Africa; B. Proc – University of the North (now University of Limpopo).

PREVIOUS JUDICIAL POSITIONS:

• • Judge President, Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court 2010 – 2012;
  • Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of Appeal, South Africa 2003 – 2010;
  • Judge, Gauteng Local Division, Johannesburg 1999 – 2003;
  • Judge, Labour Court 1997 – 1999.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS HELD

• • • Article Clerk, Professional Assistant and Associate Partner at Bowman, Gillfillan, Hayman, Godfrey Incorporated 1988 – 1993;
    • Founding Partner, Mlambo Modise Attorneys 1993 – 1997.

  >

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS / EXTRA-JUDICIAL WORK

• • Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Legal Aid South Africa from 2002 -February 2019;
  • Chairperson of the Expert Group Meetings of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) – meeting that approved the Draft United Nations (UN) Principles and Guidelines on Access to Justice in Criminal Justice Systems in 2011, which was subsequently adopted by the UN a year later;
  • Chairperson of the UNODC Expert Group Meeting that finalised the revision of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, now called the Nelson Mandela Rules;
  • Chairperson of the Court of Military Appeals since 2012;
  • Chairperson, Judiciary and Administration IT Steering Committee (JAIT) since 2012;
  • Editor in Chief of the Judiciary magazine;
  • Chairperson, Law Reform Commission’s Mediation Sub Committee;
  • Council member of the world body of the International Association of Refugee and Migration Law Judges (IARMJ) and was elected President of the Africa Chapter of the Association since 1 March 2020;
  • Judge Mlambo trained, admitted and practiced as a Mediator by the Independent Mediation Services of South Africa (IMSSA);
  • From June 2011 Judge President Mlambo has served as chairperson and board member on a number of boards that include the Board of Directors of the Centre for the Advancement of Community Advice Offices in South Africa (CAOSA) and the Board of the International Legal Foundation, a New York based legal NGO that is involved in the establishment of public defender offices internationally. He also served as Board member of Africa Legal Aid, an NGO based in the Hague which facilitates dialogues with the African diaspora on Justice issues in Africa.