Born on 31 October 1964 in King Williams Town, Dambuza matriculated at St John's College in Mthatha in the former Cape Province.
[1] In April 2003,[2] Dambuza was appointed as an acting judge in the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa.
[1] In April 2015, Dambuza was interviewed by the Judicial Service Commission as a candidate for permanent appointment to the Supreme Court of Appeal.
[12] In January 2023, during a symposium at Stellenbosch University, Dambuza called for a review of the mandatory sentencing regime established by the Criminal Law Amendment Act, No.
She argued that harsh sentencing had not had the desired deterrent effect, given that the "main driving forces of criminal conduct" in South Africa were "desperate poverty and sheer greed and corruption".