[1] Later, in 1990, she completed an LLD at the University of South Africa, focusing on second-generation human rights with a labour law perspective.
[1] Her notable judgements in the Labour Court include David Crouch Marketing v Du Plessis and Sindane v Prestige Cleaning Services.
In October 2015, Basson was shortlisted and interviewed for possible appointment to fill vacancies arising in the Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa.
[8][9][10] In January 2022, in an application brought by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse, Basson ruled that the national Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act was unconstitutional insofar as it intruded upon local and provincial competences.
[1] In February 2019, the Judicial Service Commission announced that Basson was among six candidates who had been nominated for possible appointment to two permanent vacancies at the Constitutional Court.
[14] Interviews were held in April, and Basson was asked about her recent Baleni judgement, about land reform, and, by Supreme Court Justice Azhar Cachalia, about her apparent lack of experience in private law.
[2][17] Following the interviews, the Judicial Service Commission recommended Basson and four others – Jody Kollapen, Steven Majiedt, Zukisa Tshiqi, and Patricia Goliath – as suitable for appointment.