Former Chief Justice Raymond Zondo

Sean Snyman

Judge Andre van Niekerk

Former Chief Justice Raymond Zondo

Venolan Naidoo

Venolan Naidoo is a labour, employment, dispute resolution and data privacy lawyer in Fasken’s Johannesburg office.

Venolan has extensive experience in advising and representing a wide array of clients, including, multinational companies, local companies, statutory bodies, local government, and corporate executives.

He represents clients from a broad area of sectors and industries, which include, financial institutions, technology companies (including artificial intelligence and semantic technology), renewable energy companies, large retailers, food and beverage companies, media companies, transportation and logistics, pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers, specialist consultancy/think tanks, marketing companies, and professional firms (including for medical practitioners).

He represents clients and regularly argues cases in various forums, including, the Labour Court, CCMA, bargaining councils, and internal/tribunal hearings. He also represents clients in the High Court, Labour Appeal Court, and Supreme Court of Appeal.

Venolan also deals with various aspects of data privacy law, including POPIA compliance, formulating of data privacy policies, etc.

Although Venolan’s primary area of expertise is in labour and employment law, he also has experience in commercial dispute resolution, including, shareholder disputes, director liability disputes, Anton Piller enforcements, non-disclosure and/or confidential information disputes, and unlawful competition.

Barry Winograd

Barry Winograd has been an arbitrator and mediator of labor and employment
cases, as well as other civil disputes, since 1988. Mr. Winograd has served on
the adjunct law school faculty at the University of California, Berkeley for over 35
years teaching labor law and arbitration courses, and also has taught at the
University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, he has
written articles for professional journals on labor relations, arbitration, and
mediation, has been an editor of a treatise on employment law and disputeresolution,
and has contributed to amicus briefs in Supreme Court proceedings.
Before becoming an arbitrator and mediator, Mr. Winograd was an administrative
law judge for the California Public Employment Relations Board and an attorney
for the United Farm Workers of America. Mr. Winograd received his B.A. at the
University of California, Santa Barbara, and his J.D. and LL.M. from Berkeley Law.

Christopher Albertyn

Judge Andre van Niekerk

Judge Connie Prinsloo

Nontembeko Luzipo

Venolan Naidoo

Venolan Naidoo is a labour, employment, dispute resolution and data privacy lawyer in Fasken’s Johannesburg office.

Venolan has extensive experience in advising and representing a wide array of clients, including, multinational companies, local companies, statutory bodies, local government, and corporate executives.

He represents clients from a broad area of sectors and industries, which include, financial institutions, technology companies (including artificial intelligence and semantic technology), renewable energy companies, large retailers, food and beverage companies, media companies, transportation and logistics, pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers, specialist consultancy/think tanks, marketing companies, and professional firms (including for medical practitioners).

He represents clients and regularly argues cases in various forums, including, the Labour Court, CCMA, bargaining councils, and internal/tribunal hearings. He also represents clients in the High Court, Labour Appeal Court, and Supreme Court of Appeal.

Venolan also deals with various aspects of data privacy law, including POPIA compliance, formulating of data privacy policies, etc.

Although Venolan’s primary area of expertise is in labour and employment law, he also has experience in commercial dispute resolution, including, shareholder disputes, director liability disputes, Anton Piller enforcements, non-disclosure and/or confidential information disputes, and unlawful competition.

Ludwig Frahm-Arp

Candice Slump

Chris Orr

I joined the bar in 2000 after having worked as an attorney at Cheadle Thompson and Haysom, where I commenced articles in 1993, and Deneys Reitz. I was conferred Silk in 2019. I have spent my entire career in the field of Labour Law, acting for employers, trade unions and individuals. In this process I have been involved in a number of interest arbitrations on behalf of trade unions. I have witnessed at first hand the failures of the current system and the frustrations this is causing amongst trade unions and their members who are essential service workers.

Rutendo Mandimutsira

"Rutendo Mandimutsira, holds four degrees namely: B.Juris, LLB, LLM and MBA. She is also an admitted attorney of the High Court having been admitted in 2003 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape.

She practices for her own account in Durban, KwaZulu Natal as a legal practitioner with the Legal Practice Council - KwaZulu Natal and is Executive Director of Compliance Matters (Pty) Ltd, a CCMA accredited agency and StratQuest (Pty) Ltd. She is engaged on a number of panels as arbitrator, mediator and facilitator. She also handles disciplinary and forensic investigations. She chairs disciplinary and grievance hearings and runs a practice that is focussed on labour and commercial law.

Previously, she worked for various bargaining councils and the CCMA. She occupied the position of Managing Commissioner for the Dispute Resolution Centre (KwaZulu Natal), a division of the Motor Industry Bargaining Council from 2012 to 2017."

Riaz Itzkin

Advocate Riaz Itzkin joined the Bar in 2014. He holds LLB and LLM degrees (both cum laude) from the University of Johannesburg. He was formerly an attorney at ENSAfrica (Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc).
Riaz has appeared in the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court of Appeal, the Botswana Court of Appeal, the Labour Appeal Court, the Labour Court, the High Court and various arbitrations. He has acted on behalf of numerous prominent corporates, multinationals and public sector employers.
Riaz has particular experience and interest in labour law and commercial litigation.
He authored the Practice and Procedure section of Reviews in the Labour Courts (LexisNexis, 2016), and has presented papers in the labour law field at various conferences and seminars.

BONGA SIBIYA

Daphney Willem

Owethu Mbambo

Ruben Orton

Ruben Orton is a Director at Snyman Attorneys where he had been specialising in labour law litigation for the past 19 years. He holds LLB and LLM degrees and is currently a LLD candidate at the
University of Pretoria. He has successfully represented employers in multiple reported LAC and LC judgements.

Dhevarsha Ramjettan

Dr Mahlatse Innocent Maake-Malatji

Dr. Mahlatse Innocent Maake-Malatji is a Senior Law Lecturer at the North-West University (NWU), teaching Constitutional Law and the History of South African Law. Mahlatse is a supervisor for LL.B research projects, LL.M and Ph.D in law and development. Mahlatse holds an LL.B from the University of Limpopo, a Professional Master’s in Commercial Law, and a Doctorate in Commercial Law from the University of Cape Town (UCT). She is registered for a Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education at the University of KwaZulu Natal. Mahlatse is presently a project leader for research on land claims under the supervision of the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (CRLR) and a group leader for Legal Education under the auspices of the Southern African Law Teachers Association. Mahlatse is a member of the Higher Degrees Committee, Research and Innovation Committee, and the Faculty Board Committee at NWU. Her research interests are labour law, legal education, constitutional law, and human rights law, which she writes, publishes, and attends conferences with such interest. Mahlatse has worked as a law lecturer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, a law researcher at the Supreme Court of Appeal, an assistant and coordinator for a South African Labour Law module at UCT, a research clerk at the Democratic Governance and Rights Unit at UCT and a junior researcher for a project Cases on Open Learning (COOL) a collaboration between the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching at UCT and the Department of Higher Education and Training.

Dineo Machedi

Ms. Dineo Caroline Machedi is an accomplished Admitted Attorney of the High Court South Africa with five years of experience in private practice and is currently a lecturer at North-West University (NWU) teaching commercial-related modules, involved in research, community engagement, and undergraduate supervision. Dineo holds a BCom Law, LL.B, and an LL.M in Medical Law from the University of the Free State. Ms. Dineo has extensive experience in various legal fields, such as civil litigation, commercial law, criminal law, and labour law. Dineo holds memberships in the Black Lawyers Association, the LSSA E-law Committee, the NWU Faculty Integrity Committee, and the NWU Faculty Community Engagement Committee. Her career includes roles as an independent contractor Attorney, Junior Associate Attorney, and Professional Assistant. She has also contributed as a part-time law lecturer at the Central University of Technology and a lecturer’s assistant at the University of the Free State. Ms. Dineo is recognized for her legal writing, research skills, and dedication to continuous learning and professional development. She has published in various journals, participated in radio discussions on legal topics, and completed advanced training programs, including an online course with Harvard University.

Ajay Makka

UNATHI DLAMINI

Unathi specializes in employment law. She has assisted the practice with drafting and reviewing employment contracts, legal research and drafting legal opinions and matters relating to dismissals, strikes and public procurement. She has experience with appearances in the CCMA and conducting disciplinary hearings

Sandile July

Craig Bosch

I am an advocate at the Cape Bar with a practice that focuses predominantly on labour law. I was previously an academic at the Universities of Cape Town and the Western Cape where I taught labour law. I have published academic articles and presented conference papers on various labour law topics and have co-authored books on business transfers, labour dispute resolution and, most recently, Reviews in the Labour Courts with Anton Myburgh SC.

Yousuf Boda

Fatima Salijee

Fatima Salijee has a B.Comm, LLB (University of the Witwatersrand), a Higher Certificate in Business Rescue (cum laude), a Higher Certificate in Forensic and Investigative Auditing ( cum laude) and is an accredited assessor and moderator. Fatima is an admitted attorney with over 20 years’ experience and is the co-founder and managing director of SGV Attorneys. Whilst being involved in all aspects of Employment Law, Fatima has a special interest in dealing with harassment in the workplace and particularly training and educating employers on how to protect themselves from liability, how to protect their employees from such behaviour. Fatima is also the managing director at Aequitas Consultants. Both SGV attorneys and Aequitas Consultants are specialists in anti-discrimination law. Fatima practices in all aspects of employment Law, procurement Law, municipal Law, public Law and commercial litigation. Fatima regularly and successfully litigates on behalf of client’s in both the public and private sphere. She is considered an expert in her fields of practise, often known as “pushing the boundaries of interpretation” and if often called upon to speak on various media platforms.

John Botha

John Botha, Joint CEO of Global Business Solutions. Previously, Business Unity SA representative to NEDLAC’s Labour Market Chamber and Ministerial appointment to the Employment Equity Commission as well as Executive Director of the largest JSE-listed Workforce Solutions business.

Richard Haslop

Saiuri Seetal

I am a young Associate at Garlicke and Bousfield Inc. based in Umhlanga, Durban. Our firm has a dedicated Pro Bono services department that specialises in Labour Law, while still accommodating clients who require legal assistance in other areas of law. I share a great passion for outreach and public interest, thus my current employment position could not be more fitting. I have truly found my calling by combining my passion for the law with my social interests by virtue of being able to solely provide pro bono legal assistance. The offering of Pro Bono assistance is the heart of our purpose and we understand that the majority of South Africans cannot afford legal representation.

On a daily basis, we work in alliance with non-profit organisations such as SASLAW, ProBono.org, eDeaf and The Foundation for Human Rights, being the independent institutions providing free services to those from improvised backgrounds.

SASLAW: I offer my legal services at the Labour Court helpdesk in Durban every Wednesday. This helpdesk is strictly for labour matters. In doing so, I am able to advise a client by assessing the client's merits to their case, and/or choose to represent them as their attorney of record. In certain circumstances, I provide clients with legal representation at the CCMA or Bargaining Council. This gives the client peace of mind knowing that they are protected by their employers. Representation is provided for where possible (and permitted) so as to avoid the client of enduring the mountainous task of a review application. I usually consult with an average of 10 clients at the helpdesk on a Wednesday. It is common that I will then set up further consultations at the Labour Court to assist the clients further. I understand that most of our clients reside in the Durban Central area, therefore consulting at the Labour Court in Durban Central makes it easier and cheaper for our clients.

ProBono.org: I offer my legal services at the ProBono.org helpdesk in Durban every Tuesday. The helpdesk is dedicated to Employment Law and to Refugee Law. Like the SASLAW helpdesk, I assist with advising clients in accordance with the merits of their matter and/or choose to represent them at the Labour Court or at the CCMA/Bargaining Council (where permitted).

eDeaf: I provide legal presentations to the audibly impaired public institution by lecturing them on the legal aspects of society. This is done through the assistance of an interpreter and students are always interested to learn of the various intricacies of the law.

The Foundation for Human Rights (FHR): I am driven to balance the scale of justice and working with the FHR fulfills that passion entirely by assisting with the shortfalls of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). I am currently the attorney of record, upon the instruction of the FHR, for a TRC matter which has now been reopened for an inquest application.

It is my firm belief that everyone in the Republic deserves the right to be heard and legally represented without the reluctance of fear, favour or financial setbacks. This, in my opinion, is the very essence of the Rule of Law.

Michelle Posemann

Hlengiwe Skosana

Osborne Molatudi

Osborne has over 26 years of post-articles workplace experience, having been admitted as an attorney on 2 March 1998 in KZN. He is a well-rounded practitioner with a combined experience in legal practice management and corporate human resources management, the experience which serves as a perfect platform in understanding the dynamics of management and employee related aspects. He held a human resources management position for the period between 2002 and 2010, forming part of the Company’s executive committee.

He started to practice law since 1996 as an articled clerk at the then Deneys Reitz Attorneys (now Norton Rose Fulbright), until his admission as an attorney in March 1998 and later joined law firms such a Webber Wentzel (1999-2002, Cowan-Harper Madikizela (2011-2016), Hogan Lovells (2016-2019) focusing on employment law. He was instrumental in most of his corporate clients’ legal needs and complex matters, some of which are reported or published. He also published articles of interest as well as making tv and radio commentary on topical employment law issues from time to time.

Currently, Osborne runs his own law firm, MOLATUDI ATTORNEYS and a consultancy firm operating under the name MOLATUDI ADVISORY SERVICES. He also serves as a practicing consultant for some of the law firms requiring his services relating to employment and labour law.

Deirdre Venter

Deirdre is an expert in all aspects of employment and labour law with experience including drafting of contracts of employment, disciplinary codes, policies and related agreements, reviewing of contracts, policies and codes; all aspects of CCMA arbitrations; all aspects of Labour, Labour Appeal and Constitutional Court litigation and advice on all aspects of collective and individual labour law.
Deirdre has experience in corporate restructuring, dealing with collective bargaining cases, strikes, lock outs, discrimination law, disciplinary and litigation proceedings, sexual harassment in the workplace and a host of other matters relating to employment law. In addition to her extensive professional background, Deirdre has previously been appointed as a commissioner of the CCMA and an acting judge of the Labour Court of South Africa on a pro bono basis.

Yvette Basson

Hilda Grobler

Jaundré Kruger

Jaundré Kruger is the National Operations Manager of the Consolidated Employers Organisation (CEO) and has held the position since 2021. He is responsible for the oversight of all Provincial Offices, sectional Management of the Senior Management Group and the CEO Training Department, together with the Senior Dispute Resolution Official appointed as the Head of the Training Department. He joined the Consolidated Employers Organisation in 2015, where he took up the position of the Regional Manager for the Free State and Northern Cape. Jaundré obtained his LL.B degree in 2007 from the University of the Free State, completed his articles at Symington & De Kok Inc. in Bloemfontein, and was admitted as an attorney in 2009. Before joining CEO, Jaundré worked as an internal labour consultant with SEESA (Pty) Ltd, where his labour knowledge and skills were grown through extensive internal labour experience. Jaundré also obtained his PGDBA with Distinction in 2022 from the University of the Free State. Jaundré is highly experienced in the field of Labour Law with specialised expertise in Arbitration & Negotiation proceedings but is currently honing his managerial skills to the benefit of the Consolidated Employers Organisation.

Bongani Mgaga

Sian Gaffney

MOSES BALOYI

Jules Bloch

Romy Homveld

SASLAW KZN Chapter President

Amandla Makhongwana

Amandla is an Associate in the Employment & Benefits Practice at Bowmans, in the Johannesburg office.
She has assisted with advising both the corporate and public sectors on matters related to various aspects of employment and administrative law, which include but not limited to, review proceedings in the Labour Court, unfair dismissals, disciplinary enquiries and litigation in private arbitrations in the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) and the South African Local Government Bargaining Council (SALGBC).

Venolan Naidoo

Venolan Naidoo is a labour, employment, dispute resolution and data privacy lawyer in Fasken’s Johannesburg office.

Venolan has extensive experience in advising and representing a wide array of clients, including, multinational companies, local companies, statutory bodies, local government, and corporate executives.

He represents clients from a broad area of sectors and industries, which include, financial institutions, technology companies (including artificial intelligence and semantic technology), renewable energy companies, large retailers, food and beverage companies, media companies, transportation and logistics, pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers, specialist consultancy/think tanks, marketing companies, and professional firms (including for medical practitioners).

He represents clients and regularly argues cases in various forums, including, the Labour Court, CCMA, bargaining councils, and internal/tribunal hearings. He also represents clients in the High Court, Labour Appeal Court, and Supreme Court of Appeal.

Venolan also deals with various aspects of data privacy law, including POPIA compliance, formulating of data privacy policies, etc.

Although Venolan’s primary area of expertise is in labour and employment law, he also has experience in commercial dispute resolution, including, shareholder disputes, director liability disputes, Anton Piller enforcements, non-disclosure and/or confidential information disputes, and unlawful competition.

Sean Snyman

Tarryn Poppesqou

S’celo Walter

Bongani Luthuli Khanyile

Director of Bongani Khanyile Attorneys

Cynthia Stimpel

Chantelle de Sousa

Neil Coetzer

Neil Coetzer is the Head of the Employment practice at Cowan-Harper-Madikizela. He specializes in employment law and acts for and advises multinationals, corporates, NGOs, SMMES, Unions and individuals across all of the major sectors. His areas of interest include strikes, restructuring exercises and collective bargaining. He has had extensive interactions with Unions and has successfully managed and advised on several major disputes, restructuring exercises, collective bargaining processes, strikes and strike avoidance strategies. In 2018 and 2020 he sat as an Acting Judge of the Labour Court.

Courtney Wingfield

Courtney is a Senior Associate in the firm’s Employment Practice. He joined the firm in 2019 and was appointed as a Senior Associate in March 2022.

Courtney obtained his LLB through the University of the Free State in 2016 and his LLM degree at Stellenbosch University in 2017.

Courtney has been involved in a variety of matters including unfair dismissal disputes, unfair labour practice disputes and contractual claims. He is particularly interested and regularly involved in collective bargaining and collective employment law disputes including strikes and organisational rights disputes.

Phakisho Mello