[2] In the realm of public service, he was a member of the council of his alma mater (renamed as the University of the North West) from 1995 to 1999, a councillor in Mafikeng Local Municipality from 1995 to 2000, and an acting judge in the Northern Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa from April 2003.
[2] In May 2010, President Jacob Zuma announced his confirmation as a permanent judge of the Labour Appeal Court.
[3] Just over three years later, in August 2013, the Judicial Service Commission announced that he was the sole nominee to fill the position of Deputy Judge President of the Labour Courts.
[4] On the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission,[5] Zuma confirmed his appointment to the deputy judge presidency with effect from 2 December 2013.
[2] On two occasions, once in 2006 and once in 2014, Tlaletsi also stood in for Frans Kgomo as acting Judge President of the Northern Cape Division.