Sisters In Conversation

Pearl was born and raised in Mamelodi. Her leadership skills date back to 2012 when she was her softball team captain, RCL in 2011 & 2013 and a Prefect and Governing body Representative in 2014. Pearl obtained her b-com law from Pearson (now called Eduvos), b-com honours from Regent business school, and LLB degree from Unisa and a certificate in project management Red and Yellow which is a creativ...

Almar is a vibrant legal professional with experience in Fiduciary Services and holds a Bachelor of Laws and PG Dip Tax Law from the University of the Witwatersrand. In 2016, Almar kick-started her career at a leading financial services institution wherein she gained exposure in mostly Deceased Estates and Wills drafting. She has not looked back since then. As a Fiduciary Consultant, Almar continu...

Eulenda Lebese-Cussons is the founding Director of Lebese-Cussons Attorneys, a boutique law firm specialising in conveyancing and based at V&A Waterfront, Western Cape. She founded her law firm after leaving a global law firm where she worked in the real estate department. She has worked on transactions ranging from developments to residential transfers. She obtained her LLB cum laude and has a pa...

Lubumba is an admitted attorney who specialises in Public Law, with a focus on government contracting and procurement. Lubumba also advises on administrative and constitutional issues in regulated industries such as the pharmaceutical, consumer goods and automotive sectors. She is frequently part of teams representing major clients in complex High Court review applications that are of significant...

Christy Chitengu holds a Bachelor of Arts in law and Development Studies as well as an LLB degree from the University of Johannesburg. Christy is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Migration and Displacement fulltime at the University of the Witwatersrand’s African Centre for Migration Studies as a Mandela Rhodes Scholar. She is also a constitutional court foreign law clerk to Justice Majiedt....

Faith Sikhavhakhavha is a Director at Werksmans Attorneys in the General Litigation Department, specialising in dispute resolution, administrative law, procurement law and insolvency. She advises on general commercial litigation, including contractual litigation, business crimes and financial regulation. Faith has been with Werksmans since 2012. She obtained her LLB degree from the University of W...

Karabo Mokgonyana is a final year Candidate Legal Practitioner and holds a BCom(Law) and LLB from the University of Witwatersrand. She is currently completing a Masters in International Law at the same institution. Besides her legal career, Karabo is an award winning youth and gender activist who has worked with organisations like UN Agencies (UNICEF, UNFPA, UNDP, etc.), the Commonwealth and the A...

Atlegang Govuza is an admitted attorney who has been in practice for 5 years. Her main area’s of focus have been in public law and previously in intellectual property law. She completed her articles at Adams & Adams and was an Associate in the Trade Mark Prosecution team. Atlegang then left practice to do a graduate program at Toyota South Africa. After her journey at Toyota, Atlegang returned to...

Tandiwe Matshebela is currently a Director at a top 5 law firm in Sandton. She was born and raised in Tembisa where she completed her primary and high schooling career. She obtained her LLB with distinction from the University of Limpopo and she also has an LLM in corporate law from University of Witwatersrand. Tandiwe’s main areas of practice are Insolvency, Business Rescue & Restructuring. She s...

Zaryl Manentsa is an advocate practicing under Group One Advocates. She obtained her LLB from the University of KwaZulu Natal and thereafter commenced her articles at a top 5 law firm in Johannesburg. During her tenure as an attorney Zaryl’s practice areas included employment law and competition law. Zaryl answered the call to the bar in 2018 after realizing that she needed an environment where sh...

Katlego Mokoena obtained her law degree from the University of the Witwatersrand. After obtaining her undergrad she studied and obtained her post graduate diploma in corporate law at the University of Johannesburg whilst completing the compulsory Practical Legal training (PLT). She started her legal career when she joined the National Prosecuting Authority under the Aspirant Prosecutor Program.  S...

Send in a voice message with your feedback regarding this episode and you could be featured on the next episode as our young student/professional: https://anchor.fm/tebello-motshwane/message ••• Jabu Chanza is an advocate and former Constitutional Court Law Clerk to Justice Jafta and acting Justice Rogers. She has worked in the legal field for the past 7 years in both practising and non-practising...

Send in a voice message with your feedback regarding this episode and you could be featured on the next episode as our young student/professional: https://anchor.fm/tebello-motshwane/message ———————————————— Sharon Msiza is currently employed as an Associate at Prinsloo Incorporated where she specializes in Maritime Transport, Shipping and Logistics, Corporate commercial, and Commercial Dispute Re...

Lwando Xaso obtained her law degree from the University of Johannesburg whereafter she completed her articles and practiced at Norton Rose Fulbright. She then pursued a Masters in constitutional and administrative law at the University of Cape Town where she also worked as a researcher. In 2011 Lwando had the privilege of clerking at the Constitutional Court for Justice Edward Cameron and in the s...

Moleboge Lekwane is a legal advisor in the corporate and finance division at Transnet SOC Ltd. She completed her LLB at North West University whereafter she worked as an intern at MSD - a pharmaceutical. Her internship was cut short by her pursuing articles which she completed at Bowmans. After obtaining her articles, Moleboge worked as an associate at MHA incorporated where she gained extensive k...

Tshidi Vilakazi is an admitted legal practitioner currently employed at Bowmans as an Associate in the Competition Law Department.  She completed her BA and LLB degrees, both obtained cum laude, at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2016.  In addition, Tshidi is currently enrolled for her commercial and business law Masters’ programme at Wits. She commenced her articles at Bowmans in 2017, and...

Jennifer is an LLB graduate and mother. After completing her studies she worked at a sole proprietorship law firm in her hometown (Mafikeng) as a candidate attorney. In an attempt to explore other avenues outside of being an attorney, Jennifer applied at the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development where she is currently interning as a maintenance officer. When she completes her intern...

Zanele obtained her LLB degree from the University of Witwatersrand in 2014. She became an admitted attorney of the High Court in 2018 after completing her two year articles at Ryan Lewis Attorneys, a boutique law firm in Rivonia which specialises in commercial litigation. This is where she gained her in depth knowledge of commercial litigation.   In April 2019, she incorporated her own practice c...

Thabisho Mpholoane is an admitted attorney. After completing her BCom LLB at the University of Johannesburg, she joined one of the big five law firms in South Africa as a Candidate Attorney. On completing her articles, Thabisho was retained as an Associate and subsequently promoted to Senior Associate in the Corporate practice where she specialised in private equity, which entailed, amongst other...

Kedibone is an admitted attorney, company secretary and executive director. She is currently the Legal Director SEA Region at Japan Tobacco International South Africa.   She holds an LL.B; LL.M (cum laude); PGDipCorpLaw and an FCIS with experience in mergers and acquisitions, commercial law, competition law, dispute resolution and corporate law. Her career started off as an article clerk at Hogan...

Lineo is an advocate and the founder of Nairasha Legal Support - an NGO focused on assisting especially women with their legal issues. She holds a law degree from the National University of Lesotho and a Masters in Law from the University of York. Lineo’s reasons for pursuing a law degree and subsequently channelling her focus on women’s rights are personal. Losing her father who died without a Wi...

Palesa obtained her LLB from Wits University whereafter she completed her articles at ENS - Africa’s largest law firm. During her short tenure as an associate at ENS, her previous boss and team offered her position as a director at a new sports law firm they had incorporated. Excited for the new challenge, Palesa packed her bags and never looked back. After years of practice, Palesa is now a direc...

Refilwe Sekobe was born and raised in Mafikeng in the North West. She is a 23-year-old Candidate Attorney and holds an LLB and an LLM in Commercial law, both from the University of Johannesburg. Refilwe has served in leadership structures and through those structures, she has been actively involved in community service. She served in the executive committee of the Accounting club in high school, t...

Grace Gichanga is an admitted attorney having obtained her LLB from WITS. Her experience spans over 10 years across both private practice and the public sector in disciplines that range from corporate and commercial law to transfer pricing. In response to her original calling as to why she studied law, Grace founded Masenze South Africa in 2018 which focused on basic literacy workshops across vari...

Rorisang Mzozoyana holds a BA LLB (Rhodes University), LLM (WITS) in addition, she holds various certificates in property finance; training and development.   She is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa with over 14 years’ legal experience. Rorisang completed her articles at Bowmans in 2009. And in 2011 she moved to New York for 18 months where she worked for a Global Corporate L...