Monthly Legal Update – October 2023 – The High Court’s Judgement Regarding Maternity Leave in South Africa
Hello everyone! We decided to start posting monthly legal updates to keep you informed on important information that might affect you or somebody that you know. Please read below our first official legal update. The Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa recently delivered a judgement in the case of Van Wyk & […]
WOMAN IN LAW INTERVIEW WITH ADV. BONOLO KHUMALO
New #womaninlaw interview! This month we chat with Advocate Bonolo Khumalo who holds a Bachelor of Laws and Masters of Laws. Advocate Khumalo is experienced in Alternative Dispute Resolution and Litigation and her practice areas include General Civil Litigation, Labour Law, Medical Malpractice, Cyber Law, Family Law, Access to Information, Human Rights Law and Constitutional […]
WOMAN IN LAW INTERVIEW WITH CHARLOTTE SCHULTZ
Welcome back to another #womaninlaw interview! This month we chat with Magistrate Charlotte Schultz who is an attorney and an acting Magistrate in the Civil and Family Law Court. Charlotte is also an author of various articles on cyberlaw in accredited and non-accredited journals both locally and internationally. She holds an LLB and LLM (with […]
WOMAN IN LAW INTERVIEW WITH KHANYI TSHABALALA
Welcome to another #womaninlaw interview! This month we chat with Khanyi Tshabalala who is a dual qualified South African and Australian lawyer with extensive experience in banking and finance, having practiced law in South Africa, New South Wales and London. Khanyi holds an LLB degree from the University of Witwatersrand and a Diploma in law […]
WOMAN IN LAW INTERVIEW WITH SHARON MSIZA
Welcome to another #womaninlaw interview! This month we chat with Sharon Msiza. Sharon is an admitted attorney specialising in various shipping and admiralty law matters including, clearing & forwarding disputes, contracts of carriage of goods by sea, collisions, casualty investigations, pollution disputes, ship arrest, cargo and other protection and indemnity disputes. Her professional experience includes […]
WOMEN IN LAW INTERVIEW WITH NOKUKHANYA PEARL ZUNGU
Welcome back to another #womaninlaw interview! This month we chat with phenomenal woman in law, Nokukhanya Pearl Zungu, affectionately known as ‘Khanyi’. Khanyi is a commercial legal specialist in Mining, Construction, Engineering, General Energy, Entertainment, Retail and Healthcare and she is currently working as a Chief Legal Advisor at Eskom. She is also M&G’s top […]
WOMAN IN LAW INTERVIEW WITH TSHEGOFATSO GAELAE
Welcome to another #womaninlaw interview! This month we chat with Tshegofatso Gaelae. Tshegofatso is an admitted attorney and she is currently a Group Legal Advisor specializing in Labour Relations and BBBEE Management within a leading ICT reseller and distributor group . She has worked in private practice for a short while before making the move […]
WOMAN IN LAW INTERVIEW WITH CLAIRE JAMIE-LEE NOLAN
Welcome to another #womaninlaw Interview! This month we chat with Claire Nolan who is an associate attorney specialising in employment law at one the Big Five law firms in South Africa. Claire specialises specifically in both the commercial and litigation aspects of employment law. Her dreams of wanting to be lawyer was almost extinguished by […]
WOMAN IN LAW INTERVIEW WITH YOLANDE TSHIMBOMBO
Welcome to another #womaninlaw interview! This month we chat with Yolande Tshimbombo. Yolande is an admitted attorney and associate at Bowmans whose areas of expertise include project finance as well as a background in general litigation. She holds a BA law degree, LLB degree and a Master’s degree in Advanced International Law, Trade and Foreign […]
About – FWIL Mentorship Programme
In 2021 we introduced our online mentorship programme with 154 Mentees and 12 Mentors. This year we have 83 mentees and 20 mentors. The mentorship programme is a 6 months programme for law students and law graduates residing in Pretoria and Johannesburg.. the first intake take place between January and June, and the second intake takes place between July […]