She has been the acting Judge President of the Western Cape Division since December 2022, when John Hlophe was suspended and then impeached.
[1] After matriculating at Athlone High School in 1982, she attended the University of the Western Cape, where she graduated with a BA and LLB.
[2] She also published on human rights issues including prisoners of war, gun control, and juvenile sentencing and life imprisonment.
[1] On 1 January 2006, Goliath joined the bench of the High Court of South Africa as a judge of the Western Cape Division.
[2] Shortly after her arrival, she was featured in Courting Justice, a 2008 documentary film about South African women judges.
[12] In April 2016, Goliath was one of three shortlisted candidates whom the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) interviewed for possible appointment as Deputy Judge President of the Western Cape Division.
[21] Following the interviews, the JSC recommended Goliath and four others – Steven Majiedt, Zukisa Tshiqi, Jody Kollapen, and Annali Basson – as suitable for appointment.
[22] However, in September 2019, President Ramaphosa announced that he had elected to appoint Majiedt and Tshiqi, who widely been viewed as the frontrunners.
[31] Hlophe's lawyer also proposed that Mogoeng, an ardent Christian, was biased towards Goliath on personal grounds, suggesting that "he may well have nurtured a deeply spiritual relationship with Deputy Judge President Goliath with whom it is rumoured, he engaged in fervent prayers while she served at the Constitutional Court as an acting judge".
[33] In March 2021, a Judicial Conduct Committee tribunal led by appellate judge Nambitha Dambuza recommended that the JSC should open an inquiry into the Hlophe couple's allegations of misconduct by Goliath.
At the time, Myeza was himself awaiting trial in connection with the assassination of African National Congress politician Sindiso Magaqa.
[2] On 16 March 2022, a security guard was injured by gunfire when two gunmen approached Goliath's home in Cape Town.