Jeanette Traverso

The Honourable
Jeanette Traverso
Deputy Judge President of the Western Cape High Court
In office
2001–2016
Preceded byJohn Hlophe
Succeeded byPatricia Goliath
Judge of the High Court of South Africa
In office
1994–2000
Personal details
Born
Jeanette Helena Margaretha Coetzee

(1946-05-28) 28 May 1946 (age 78)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Alma materUniversity of Stellenbosch

Jeanette Helena Margaretha Traverso (née Coetzee; born 28 May 1946) is a former judge of the High Court of South Africa. She is the second female appointed as a judge in South Africa and the first woman to be appointed as a Deputy Judge President of a Division of the High Court of South Africa.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Ten things you didn't know about Jeanette Traverso, the Shrien Dewani murder trial judge". The South African. 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. ^ Potgieter, Theoniel (2001). "Traverso ARP" (PDF). Advocate. General Council of the Bar of South Africa: 25.