Names in the news - General Council of the Bar of SA

Senior advokate
Die volgende persone het senior status verwerf
op 13 November 1998 (berigte laat ontvang).
Grahamstown
Jannie Eksteen se
JOhannes Willem Eksteen. Gebore
op 29 Julie 1957 in Bloemfontein.
Laerskool Grey (1964-65) Bloemfon­
tein. Matrikuleer Kingswood College
1975. BA (1978) LLB (1980) Uni­
versiteit van Stellenbosch. Toegelaat
as advokaat in 1984 en praktiseer
sedertdien te Grahamstad. Lid
Balieraad vanaf 1997; ondervoorsitter
1999. Stel belang in reis.
Getroud met Alna; drie kinders.
New judges
Constitutional Court
Judge Sandile Ngcobo
Sandile Ngcobo has been appointed
as a judge of the Constitutional
Court from 15 August
1999. A curriculum vitae of Judge
Ngcobo was published in 1996
Consultus 97 after his appointment
as a judge of the Cape Provincial
Division in September 1996.
He was subsequently ap­
pointed as a judge of the Labour
Appeal Court in November 1997
(see 1998 Consu-ltus 20) and as
Names in the news
Johannesburg
Neil Lazarus se
Neil Norman Lazarus. Born on
27 August 1958 in Johannes­
burg. Bramley Primary. Matriculated
Highlands Boys' High School 1975.
BA cum laude (1978) LLB (1981)
University of the Witwatersrand;
offered Oxford Scholarship. Admit­
ted as an attorney in 1983 . Member
ofJohannesburg Bar since 1984. Spe­
cializes in corrunerciallaw.
Divorced; two children.
acting judge president of the La­
bour Court and Labour Appeal
Court in February 1999. He also
served as a judge on the Amnesty
Committee of the Truth and Rec­
onciliation Commission and since
October 1998 as chairperson of the
Rules Board for Courts of Law.
He was appointed honorary
professor of law at the Univer­
sity of Cape Town in February
1999.
Cape Provincial
Division
Pretoria
Bill SceaJes se
WilliamPatrick Niven Sceales.
Born on 30 May 1948 in
Johannesburg. Pridwin Preparatory
School. Matriculated Diocesan Col­
lege, Rondebosch, Cape Town. BA
(1969) University of Cape Town;
LLB (1972) University of the
Witwatersrand; LLM (1991) Rand
Afrikaans University. Higher Dipl
in Company Law (1982) Wit­
watersrand; Dipl in Tax Law (1980)
1995. A detailed curriculum vitae
appeared in 1995 Consultus 63.
Transvaal Provincial
Division
Deputy Judge President Deputy Judge President
John HJophe
E H Stafford
JOhn Hlophe has been ap­
pointed as deputy judge presi­
dent of the Cape Provincial Divi­
sion from 18 May 1999.
A former academic and media­
tor he was appointed as ajudge of
the Cape Provincial Division in
Edward Hopkins Stafford has
been appointed as deputy
judge president of the Transvaal
Provincial Division from 18 May
1999.
Born in Johannesburg on 4 No­
vember 1936. StJohn's Preparatory
Unisa. Admitted as an attorney in
1973; notary (1977). Practised as
attorney and notary as partner of
MacRobert, De Villiers & Hitge
(1978-83). Admitted as advocate
and member of Pretoria Bar since
1983. Member of Goldstone Com­
mission Investigation Team ( 1992­
93). Keen on nature, sport, music,
fly fishing and travel.
Married to Wendy; three children.
m
School; matriculated at St Andrew's
College, Grahamstown 1953. BA
(1957) LLB (1959) University of
Stellenbosch. Prosecutor and state
advocate until 1963 when he joined
the Pretoria Bar; took silk in 1979.
Appointed as a judge in 1984.
Interested in reading, cycling and
all forms of sport. Assisted North-
em Transvaal Rugby Union with
disciplinary hearings; was chairman
of the SA Boxing Board ofControl
in early 1990's. Has sat on AA Mo­
tor Sport Committee of Appeal.
Married to Frances Elizabeth;
three children.
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NAMES IN THE NEWS
Cape Provincial evaluated constitutional structures Eastern Cape Provincial Division ber ofevaluation committee for ap­
Division in Germany and the United States; from 18 May 1999. pointmentofregionalcourtmagis­
participated in overseas and local Born at Libode on 31 May trates, Northern Transvaal.
Judge Essa Moosa conferences. 1942. Ntlaza Primary School. Ma- Senior examiner for attorneys'
Author of several legal articles. triculated Healdtown Institution admission examinations, Transvaal.
Interested in travelling and walking! Fort Beaufort 1964. Dipl Iuris Founding member South African
jogging. Married to Fatima; two (1982) B Iuris (1988) Unisa LLB Students Organisation (SASO).
children. (1991) University of Transkei. FonneractingpresidentoftheBLA.
Pupillage at Johannesburg Bar and Was active in community affairs, eg
Judge Jo/yon Knoll joined Transkei Bar in 1993. Was Negotiating Forum for Mabopane.
J
olyon Valerie Knoll has been assistant secretary of Bar Council.
appointed as a judge of the Worked in civil service since 1965, Transvaal Provincial
Cape Provincial Division from 18 initially as interpreter and clerk of Division/Labour
May 1999. the court, later as magistrate (12 Appeal Court
Essa Moosa has been ap- Born in Pretoria on 26 January years) and regional magistrate (8
pointed as a judge ofthe Cape 1953. Schooled and matriculated years). Member ofBLA. Interested Judge Raymond Zondo
Provincial Division from 18 May (1970) at Diocesan SchoolforGirls, in reading sport; plays golf.
1999. Pretoria. BA (1973) LLB (1975) Married to Sylvia Peko; four
Born in Cape Town on 8 Feb- University ofCape Town. Prosecu- children.
ruary 1936. Battswood Primary tor, Department of Justice 1976­
School. Matriculated Athlone High 77. Admitted as an advocate and
School 1954. Dipl in Law (1960) practised at Cape Bar from 1978 Free State Provincial
University of Cape Town. Admit- until birth offtrst child in 1985. Sat Division
ted as an attorney 1962. Worked as as assessor in various trials from
professional assistant at various 1989 until 1998; also held several Judge Hendrick Musi
ftnns; practised for own account appointments as acting judge be-
1965-69, and from 1979 until ap- tween 1996 and 1999. Served as
pointmentas director: planning unit, part-time lecturer (1986) and exter-
Hendrick Mmolli Musi has
been appointed ajudge of the
Free State Povincial Division from
Raymond Mnyamezeli Mlun­
gisi Zondo has been ap-
Department of Justice 1996. Act - nal examiner in trial advocacy, ucr. 21 June 1999. pointed as judge of the Transvaal
ingjudge in Free State and Western Also served in school bodies in Hout Born on 9 June 1942. MatIicu- Provincial Division from 18 May
Cape since 1998. Was involved in Bay. Three children. lated Hofmeyr High School At- 1999. A cUlTiculum vitae of Judge
human rights issues and represented teridgeville 1965. BA (1969) Zondo was published in 1998
United Democratic Front and ANC Ciskei Division
University College of the North Consultus 27 at the time when he
in a number ofcases. Attended vari- BIuris LLB Unisa. Admitted as an was appointed as a judge of the
ous overseas conferences and was a Judge Sabbath Peko attorney in 1980 and practised in Labour Court. He is currently act­
member ofthe ANC Constitutional Sabbath Zweledinga Peko has Pretoria since then. Acting judge ing as judge president of the La­
Committee which studied and been appointed ajudge ofthe Venda High COUlt in 1997. Mem- bour Appeal Court. ID
The late Justice Weyers
Shortened version ofa tribute by Johan Louw SC,
chair of the Pretoria Bar.
Mr Justice Louis Weyers and became a member of the learnt to fly a helicopter.
was a warmhearted col- Transvaal Bench four years later. He had an extensive knowledge
with a strong sense of duty.
"On behalf of the Pretoria Bar,
league with a great sense ofhumour. While at Cambridge, he joined of music and of military history, I extend our sincere sympathy to
He obtained his LLB degree from the Cambridge University Air and wrote many book reviews. He his wife Margar'et, and to his chil­
the University of Pretoria in 1954. Squadron, and received his RAF took great interest in motorcars, dren Philip, Nicola and Caroline. I
He then went to Chlist College in wings. He retained a life-long in- rifles and big-game hunting. have been asked by Dr Ramaite,
Cambridge and obtained an LLB terest in aviation and aviation law, After his appointment to the the Director of Public Prosecu­
from Cambridge University two and was appointed an honorary Bench, Judge Weyers remained a tions, to also extend his condo­
years later. He joined the Pretoria colonel of 17 Squadron of the friend of the Bar. He did his work lences and that of the members of
Bar in 1956. He took silk in 1979 SAAF. As recently as 1993, he on the Bench with dedication and his staff." ID
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