JUDGE Thoba Poyo-Dlwati
JUDGE Thoba Poyo-Dlwati has made history as the first female judge president of KwaZulu-Natal.
Poyo-Dlwati, 47, was recommended for the post by the Judicial Service Commission in October after an extensive interview process.
In December, President Cyril Ramaphosa selected her to lead the province. She assumed her role early this year.
Poyo-Dlwati is the second-born of 10 children. She was born and raised in Nkwenkwana village in eNgcobo in the Eastern Cape.
She said her father provided for his family by ploughing the land with a tractor he owned. He also owned a shop. Her
