[1] She matriculated at Khwezi Lomso Comprehensive School in Port Elizabeth and attended the University of the Witwatersrand, where she completed a BProc in 1996 and an LLB in 1998.
[1] After completing her articles of clerkship at Deneys Reitz in Johannesburg, Mabindla-Boqwana was admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in September 1998.
[1] In that capacity, she wrote the unanimous judgement (written in both Xhosa and English) in which the Supreme Court dismissed politician Andile Lungisa's appeal against his sentencing for assault.
[10] After she was interviewed in April, the Judicial Service Commission recommended her appointment,[11] and she joined the Supreme Court bench on 1 July 2021.
[1] In June 2022, the Office of the Chief Justice warned the public that somebody impersonating Mabindla-Boqwana had contacted several people and entities to request private and sensitive information.