George Phatudi
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George Phatudi | |
|---|---|
| Judge President of the Limpopo High Court | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2023 | |
| Appointed by | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Deputy | Violet Semenya |
| Preceded by | Ephraim Makgoba |
| Judge of the High Court | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2016 | |
| Appointed by | Jacob Zuma |
| Division | Limpopo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Moletje George Phatudi 8 March 1959 |
| Alma mater | University of the North University of Pretoria |
Moletje George Phatudi (born 8 March 1959) is a South African judge who has been Judge President of the Limpopo High Court since 1 December 2023. He joined that court in July 2016 as a puisne judge. Before that, he was an advocate, attorney, and lecturer at the University of the North.
Phatudi was born on 8 March 1959.[1] He studied law at the University of the North, where he was president of the student representative council,[2] completing a BJuris in 1984 and an LLB in 1988.[3] He later completed an LLM at the University of Pretoria in 1995.[3]
Legal and academic career
While studying towards his LLB, Phatudi was a legal adviser to Anglo-American Property Services from 1986 to 1987.[3] After his graduation, he remained at his alma mater as a lecturer in law from 1989 to 1995. In 1996, he returned to private practice, first as an advocate until 1999 and thereafter as an attorney and director of his own firm, M. G. Phatudi Incorporated.[1][3]
He was also a commissioner in the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration from 1996 to 2000,[3] and he was an acting judge in the Gauteng Division and Limpopo Division of the High Court of South Africa on several occasions between 2013 and 2016.[1]