Jeanette Helena Margaretha Traverso (née Coetzee; born 28 May 1946) is a former judge of the High Court of South Africa.
[3] Her father was a businessman, politician, the minister of Public Works and Community Development in the late 1960s and the South African Ambassador to Rome.
Traverso matriculated in 1963 at Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool in Pretoria, whereafter she enrolled at the University of Stellenbosch, obtaining a BA degree in 1966 and a LLB in 1968.
[2] Traverso was admitted as a advocate on 4 June 1969 and worked as a prosecutor in the Magistrate's Court for six months, after which she went to the Attorney - General's office until 1972.
[6] Traverso was a keen runner and completed the Comrades Marathon a number of times.