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 […]
WOMAN IN LAW INTERVIEW WITH RORISANG MZOZOYANA
Welcome to another #womaninlaw interview. This month we chat with Rorisang Mzozoyana, who is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa with over 14 years’ legal experience. Rorisang experienced Senior Legal Counsel with extensive local and international experience in Banking and Finance Law, Property Law and Coporate Law. She completed her articles […]
WOMAN IN LAW INTERVIEW WITH RHULANI NKOMO
Hello, we’re baaackk! Happy new year! W are starting off the year with an interview with a phenomenal woman in law Rhulani Nkomo Rhulani Nkomo’s main areas of expertise are banking and finance law – in particular acquisition finance, leverage finance, general banking and finance, preference share financing, cross border finance. Her more recent experience […]
WOMAN IN LAW INTERVIEW WITH AMINATA J. BA ESQ.
We are super excited about bringing back the Women in Law Interview series. This month we are featuring Aminata J. Ba.The Senegalese-born American is an attorney and founder of the Social Lawyer, through which she provides her clients with various kind of legal support, advice and services. Aminata’s current practice area focuses on providing legal […]
The Good, The Bad and The Pandemic: Surviving Articles During COVID
New must read on Without Prejudice. The Good, The Bad and The Pandemic: Surviving Articles During COVID. This article was written by FWIL contributor, Disebo Leokaoke. Disebo holds an LLB from the University of Johannesburg and is a candidate attorney at Lawtons Africa. She is also a mentor on our mentorship program for 2021. Visit […]
The Black Girl’s Guide To Corporate South Africa
Navigating Corporate South Africa After reading “Lean In” by Sheryl Sandberg, one can undoubtedly give credit to her work and how it underpins some universal hardships faced by women in the workplace; these being imposter syndrome, pay gap and sexism, and because these are universal experiences her recommendations on how women can “lean in” in […]