Welkom / Welcome
Ek het meer as 25 jaar ervaring as Advokaat in Suid Afrika en sedert 2016 ook in Lesotho. Ek het my LLB graad aan Unisa behaal en ‘n meestersgraad in Filosofie aan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat. My praktyk was aanvanklik op strafreg gebaseer, maar het later na siviele reg oorgeskakel. Ek het ervaring in die CCMA, Kinderhof, Gesinsgeweldshof, Landdroshof, Hooggeregshof, Arbeidshof, Hoogste Hof van Appèl en die Konstitusionele Hof.
Ek was tussen 2002-2003 ‘n deeltydse kommissaris van die CCMA en het in verskeie dissiplinêre verhore en appèltribunale voorgesit. Ek het ook ondersoeke na seksuele teistering gedoen. Ek het op die paneel van Voorsitters vir die Belasting Raad (Tax Board) in die Vrystaat gedien. Ek het vanaf April 2023 tot September 2023, Julie 2024 tot September 2024, Januarie 2026 tot Maart 2026, en vanaf 13 April 2026 tot 1 Mei 2026 as Regter in die Hooggeregshof van die Vrystaat waargeneem.
My betrokkenheid by Alternatiewe Dispuut Resolusie (ADR) het reeds in 1996 begin toe ek as gemeenskapsmediator deur IMSSA opgelei is. Gedurende daardie periode was ek ook betrokke by die fasilitering van dialoog in konfliksituasies tussen etniese groepe, asook ‘n vrywilliger van die Vredeskomitee in die Vrystaat Provinsie. Ek is 'n Nafam geakkrediteerde Mediator en lid van Social Justice Family Mediators (SJFM), Mediation in Motion Mediators (MiMM), Family Mediators' Association of the Cape (FAMAC) asook van die Arbitration Foundation of South Africa (AFSA).
Ek het ‘n hernude belangstelling in alternatiewe dispuut resolusie ontwikkel nadat dit vir my al meer duidelik geword het dat konflik spoedig aangespreek behoort te word.
Welcome / Welkom
I have more than two decades' experience as an Advocate in South Africa and since 2016 also in Lesotho. I obtained my LLB at Unisa and a Masters in Philosophy at the University of the Free State (UFS). My practice commenced with criminal law and over time shifted to civil law. I have experience in the CCMA, Children's Court, Domestic Violence Court, Magistrate's Courts, High Courts, Labour Courts, Supreme Court of Appeal and the Constitutional Court.
Between 2002-2003, I was a part-time Commissioner of the CCMA and have over time presided over many disciplinary hearings, appeal hearings and done investigations into allegations of sexual harassment. I served on the panel of chairpersons of the Tax Board for the Free State. I acted as a Judge in the Free State High Court from April 2023 until September 2023, from July 2024 until September 2024, from January 2026 until March 2026, and from 13 April 2026 until 1 May 2026.
My involvement in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) started in 1996 when I trained as a Community Mediator with the Independent Mediation Service of South Africa (IMSSA). In that time I was actively involved in facilitating dialogue in situations of conflict between the different ethnic groups and was also a volunteer of the Peace Committee in the Free State Province. I am a Nafam accredited Mediator and member of Social Justice Family Mediators (SJFM), Mediation in Motion Mediators (MiMM), Family Mediators' Association of the Cape (FAMAC) as well as the Arbitration Foundation of South Africa (AFSA).
My renewed focus on ADR came about as it became more apparent that conflict should be addressed as soon as possible.