During May 1991 he joined Hill McHardy and Herbst, a Bloemfontein attorney practice as an article clerk. During his articles he registered for the the LL.B. degree and obtained same in December 1992 and was presented with his LL.B. certificate on the 19th March 1993.

He was admitted as a practicing attorney on the 28th day of October 1993 in the Supreme Court of South Africa, Orange Free State, with right of appearance in the Supreme Court. He acted as a director at Hill McHardy and Herbst and was admitted as a conveyancer in January 2002. On the 1st of August 2005 he joined Geldenhuyse Inc. and became a director in 2006. Gerhard is a hardworking, dedicated and focused practitioner with an end result driven personality. With 25 years of experience in most of the major fields of the law he now mostly specializes in estate planning, administration of estates, contractual and commercial law, property law and conveyancing.

Christa started out as a legal secretary in collections, civil litigation, assisting in estates and other legal matters during the course of November 2006. In 2009 she did her Basic Diploma in Conveyancing and from there started her secretarial duties in conveyancing. 

In 2014 she moved to the West Coast / Western Cape where she joined a law firm in Vredenburg and enrolled to study through UNISA in 2015 while working full-time. She simultaneously entered into and registered a five year articles of clerkship contract with the former Cape Law Society. During the course of 2018 / 2019 she successfully wrote and passed her admission exams, completed her LLB degree through UNISA and also sat and passed her conveyancing examination in September 2019. 

Furthermore, she continued to write and pass her notary exams through the course of November 2020. Christa is now an admitted attorney, conveyancer, notary public and became a director of the firm in 2025.

Maretha has 42 years valuable experience in the legal field which includes  litigation,  administration of estates, collections and also obtained value experience working for the Sheriff of Vredenburg for 8 years.  She has been with the Geldenhuys Group for the last 16 years. 

Nicole joined Geldenhuys & Jonker in 2019 and started her career as an Admin, filing Clerk and Messenger. Through the course of November 2021 she took up additional responsibility and started as Collection Clerk assisting our former director Mr S.P. Geldenhuys and currently assisting our Mr. Le Roux in collections and litigation matters. She is a highly self-motivated individual; Nicole is driven to achieve results and has gained a lot of experience.

Louise joined Geldenhuys & Jonker Inc. during 2019. Through the course of February 2023 she started at the Langebaan office and is the welcoming face and voice of the firm that keeps clients connected with the rest of the Langebaan team

Evan is a final-year law student at the University of South Africa, working full time and studying part time with graduation approaching. 

He is thrilled at the prospect of starting his career under the mentorship of the professionals at Geldenhuys & Jonker Inc.

Anne-Mart obtained her B.COM and LLB degree through the North West University, Potchefstroom Campus now a practicing Attorney and Conveyancer admitted as such at Cape Town in June 2024. She is currently working in the litigation department at the firm, specialize in both civil and criminal matters, with experience in a broad field including divorces, evictions, collections, maintenance matters, protection, and harassment orders as well as various criminal charges. In respect of criminal matters, we have assisted clients all over the country in successfully finalizing their matters.