Sisters In Conversation

Bohlale Paile is the Founder of Get Corporate Ready, a platform which teaches corporate professionals the importance of taking charge of their careers! She’s an award winning HR & Talent Specialist with a passion for young professionals in South Africa. She completed her BCom Honours in HR & Industrial Psychology at Wits University. In her corporate journey she has worked for many top organisations in the country such as Investec Bank, Standard Bank, Bowmans (Law firm) and most recently Transaction Capital & We Buy Cars. As a Career Mentor, she’s passionate about uplifting and creating opportunities for professionals through knowledge sharing on her social media platforms and providing guided mentorship. She’s been voted as one of the most influential recruiters by the South African Graduate Employment Association 5 times within her career. Self-confidence, relationship building and personal development are the cornerstones to corporate success. These are a few of the skills which allowed her to built the personal brand she is proud of today! We would love to hear from you. Follow us on instagram @sister_in_law_ @bohlalepaile Do not forget to subscribe and if you are listening to the audio version do not forget to rate and review the podcast

Deborah is an advocate of the High Court of South Africa, holding chambers at Thulamela in Sandton. She specialises in general commercial and constitutional law She is the co-founder of Tumbo Scott, a new age full service corporate and legal consultancy operating from the heart of Sandton. She qualified as an attorney and worked as a corporate associate at Webber Wentzel, one of South Africa’s top 5 law firms, where she worked on some of the biggest corporate and commercial transactions in the country. Deborah thereafter worked as a senior law clerk to Justice Sisi Khampepe of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, during which time she researched for and advised the judge on some the most complex cases in the country. Following this, Deborah worked at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a dispute resolution attorney for different corporate and government entities in South Africa. Deborah has a wealth of legal knowledge and experience. Prior to joining the bar, and together with her co-founder, Dr Tshepiso Scott (LLD), built Tumbo Scott into a notable boutique law firm that, in just over 5 years, serviced various clients in the regional, and local corporate and commercial space, including international and listed companies. At the beginning of 2019, Deborah also lent her legal expertise to the fight against corruption in South Africa, representing a well-known non-governmental organisation. In this role, she was instrumental in spearheading various ground-breaking legal matters – including litigation against former members of state-owned entities implicated in allegations of malfeasance and corruption using the Companies Act, and successfully reviewing the findings of the Arms Procurement Commission, securing a landmark and historic victory against the presidency of the Republic of South Africa. Deborah has also held the position of the special secretariat to the African Union, and in this capacity, she led the preparation of the draft African Union’s Common African Position on Asset Recovery (the “CAPAR”) working closely with African Union ambassadors and international dignitaries while consulting for the Coalition for African Dialogue (CoDA). The drafting of the CAPAR was a huge success and has been accepted as African Union policy by a resolution of the African Union Heads of State (Assembly/AU/Dec.774(XXXIII)). She also serves as the youngest board member on many boards, including the likes of ABSA Home Loans (101)(RF), A multi-national listed ETF company, NewGold Limited, the Merril Lynch South Africa Charitable Trust and, more recently, has been appointed as a trustee on ABSA Bank’s Corporate Social Investment Trust. Deborah holds an LLB and an LLM (cum laude) in public international law, with a focus on business and human rights, from the University of Johannesburg. She also acquired a certificate from the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership institute for the course on the African Political Economy, which is aimed at inspiring leaders to understand the economic challenges confronting Africa with a view of bringing about positive change on the continent. Deborah has been recognised as one of the top 200 young South Africans in the legal field for 2018 by the Mail & Guardian, and in June 2019 she received a special recognition award from Premier David Makhura at the Gauteng City Region Premier's Youth Excellence and Service Awards for her efforts in justice and law. She has also been recognised by the international community as a nominee for the Mary Chirwa Awards for Courageous leadership and was honoured at the awards ceremony held at the Peace Palace in the Hague, Netherlands in September 2019, and in June 2021 she was featured in Forbes Africa’s 30 Under 30 as a young innovative entrepreneur to watch in the legal field.

Silindile Pearl Mhlongo was born and raised in Umlazi (KZN). She obtained her LLB degree from the University of Cape Town whereafter she served articles and was retained as an associate at Adams & Adams. During her tenure as an associate Silindile made a decision to temporarily leave practice and teach English in China. Upon her return she heeded the call to the bar and has been an advocate since 2022.

Amanda Zwane is a Partner at Shepstone & Wylie. Her areas of practice are in local government and administrative law where she contributes to providing a wide variety of legal services to local government and other public sector clients. These include drafting legal opinions and providing legal advice, drafting legal documents and representing clients in litigation or other hearings before statutory bodies or tribunals. Amanda is also a regular legal opinion contributor to the leading KZN daily newspaper, The Mercury.

Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane is a practising advocate and also a part-time in-counsel at the Centre for Applied Legal Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand.    They are also a commissioner for the O’Neill-Lancet Commission on Racism, Structural Discrimination and Global Health   They obtained their LLB from Stellenbosch University. After University, they served articles and later become an associate at Bowman Gilfillan Inc. In July 2016, they served as a law clerk for Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga at theConstitutional Court of South Africa.   They obtained the Sonke/UCLA Health & Human Rights Fellowship in 2017/2018 and completed a Masters in Law specialising Public Interest Law and Policy and Critical Race Studies (summa cum laude) .   In 2017, they started a literary podcast, The Cheeky Natives, which  primarily focuses on the review, curatorship and archiving of Black literature.  The podcast as seen the likes of Prof Kimberlé Crenshaw, Mona Eltahawy, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, Darnell L. Moore, Robert Jones Jr and many more.    They were named one of the top 200 Young South Africans in 2018.    In 2022, they formed part of the judging panel for the AKO CAINE PRIZE FOR AFRICAN WRITING   They have worked on a number of constitutional cases. This includes an amicus intervention at the Constitutional Court, arguing cost orders against victims and survivors of gender-based violence contribute to a culture of silence.  They have also worked on matters  before the Western Cape High Court and the Malawi Constitutional Court dealing with survivors’ rights to freedom of expression and the criminalisation of consensual sex between minors respectively. Catch up on Letlhogonolo’s podcast Cheeky Natives here: https://open.spotify.com/show/4dv8VfJ5OoSiMIsSnWxDng?si=w750n8XwQuCfytVlVdhn7Q

Sinako is a member of the Johannesburg Society of Advocates & holds chambers at Thulamela Chambers. She is an alumni of the University of Free State and holds and LLB and LLM. In 2016 she served as a law researcher to Justice Jafta at the Constitutional Court and went on to become a senior law researcher to Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo in 2017. Sinako’s commitment to social justice and passion of uplifting the youth led her to establishing Sinako We Can Movement a registered NPO and empowerment program focussed on mentorship of aspiring legal practitioners. Sinako's accolades include being awarded Mail & Guardians Top200 Young South Africans (2022); being shortlisted in the top 10 for the Mc Kinsey & Co Next Generation Women Leaders Award, a platform which explores the importance of women in leadership; an alumni of Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI); and Top Young Outstanding Young Persons of South Africa Award from the Junior Chamber International South Africa (JCI). Don’t forget to rate and review the show. Reach out to us on Instagram @sister_in_law_ and @sinakolindazwe

YORM Ama Abledu is an energy professional and a legal academic who teaches energy law among other modules at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA Law School). She holds a postgraduate degree in oil and gas law (international investment arbitration) from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, where her outstanding academic performance won her the Ede & Ravenscroft 2014 Prize for Academic Excellence. Within the same period, Yorm attained certification from the Oil and Gas Academy of Scotland as an oil and gas contract negotiator. Over the past 7 years, she has achieved enormous success in oil and gas cases in Ghana. Yorm has a demonstrated history of championing compliance in oil and gas companies, project management, and legal entity management in the oil and gas and power sectors in Africa. She is a senior international attorney at Centurion Law Group, a pan-African law firm headquartered in Johannesburg with offices and partners across Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, focused on energy and tax law practice. She is also a member of the AIEN (Association of Energy Negotiators, formerly formerly Association of Petroleum Negotiators). A Harvard-certified negotiator, she has significant expertise that cuts across diverse sectors such as project finance, energy, infrastructure development, tax, real estate, and other key practice areas. Yorm has provided advice on a variety of high-profile transactions, both domestically and abroad. She has been on various legal panels as a speaker or moderator and has significantly contributed to very important and topical issues in the energy industry, including the recent panel discussion on the role of the youth as drivers of the advancement of the African energy industry, energy transition, and the empowerment of the African people through the sustainable exploration of natural resources at the just-ended African Energy Week in Cape Town and also the panel on "the Future of Energy in the Carbon Era" organized by the British Ghanaian Lawyer’s Union (BGLU) in 2021. Yorm is also certified in human rights and oil and gas law from Fordham University. Her passion for human rights law is reflected in how she has so far won a total of 57 human rights cases on behalf of several indigents over a 12-month period in her position as Assistant Public Defender under the Legal Aid Commission, where she continues her pro-bono service. She is a human rights advocate with a particular interest in the diversity and inclusion of women in the energy sector. Her passion for helping others has led to further voluntary work as the Policy and Advocacy Team Lead of the African Women in Energy Development Initiative (AWEDI), where she advocates for the inclusion of female professionals in the energy sector. She recently received a global honor, the 2022 International Bar Association (IBA) Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, in recognition of her work mentoring the next generation of legal minds, her dedication to professional and ethical standards, and her service to the country at large. "With this rare feat, she becomes the only Ghanaian female lawyer and the first female African lawyer to have been honored with this prestigious award." Yorm was appointed the African Regional Form Officer of the IBA’s Young Lawyer’s Committee, where she serves as a liaison between the Bar Associations in Africa and the Young Lawyer's Committee of the IBA. • We would love to hear more from you, reach out to us on Instagram @sister_in_law_ and learn more about Yorm and the work she does @the_yorm • Don’t forget to rate and review the show wherever you listen to this podcast.

Nonkululeko Zondo is an Associate in the Energy Transactions and Projects team at Vinson and Elkins. She has experience in complex, cross-border private and public M&A transactions in the oil and gas, metals and mining industry. Before joining V&E, she was at Freshfields in London and Bowmans in Johannesburg.  • She holds an LLB degree from the University of Cape Town and is an admitted attorney of South Africa. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town, focusing on the structuring of fiscal terms for oil and gas projects in South Africa, Tanzania, and Ghana. • This episode is available on all major podcast platforms. If you enjoyed this episode chances are you will enjoy all the other episodes on the show - there are over 50 episodes to learn from so please dig in. Please don’t forget to rate and review the show so that other listeners may be made aware of the show. • We would love to hear from you, tag us on Instagram @sister_in_law_ and @nonkzee  • For guest suggestions, collaborations or general feedback please email advice@sisterinlaw.co.za  

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 creative institution. During her time at varsity, Pearl was a part of the House committee then joined the SRC team where she became the first female president of the SRC in 2017. Pearl is currently a candidate attorney, in addition, she is a Brand South Africa Play Your Part Ambassador, the founder of a youth focused Non-Profit Organisation called Project 31 and holds the titles of being part of the Top 10 for Miss South Africa in 2022 and Top 30 for Miss South Africa 2021 she was also crowned First Princess of Miss Mamelodi Sundowns in 2020. • A reminder to please rate wherever you listen and review the podcast if you’re listening on Apple podcast, your ratings go a long way in creating awareness of the show. Tag us on Instagram @sister_in_law_ @pearlntshehi • Today’s episode is sponsored by Nedbank - learn more on https://personal.nedbank.co.za/home.html

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 passion for information-sharing on property law, conveyancing and other legal subject. A reminder to please rate and review the podcast if you’re listening on Apple podcast, your ratings go a long way in creating awareness of the show. Tag us on Instagram @sister_in_law_ @eulenda.the.property.lawyer __________________________________________________________________________ Secure your ticket to the upcoming I am Lady Justice workshop here: https://sisterinlaw.co.za/shop/

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 practice (Kisch IP) as an Associate in Trade Mark enforcement. During her career in the legal profession, Atlegang has also clerked at the Constitutional Court during 2020/2021 for Justice Jafta who has since retired. Thereafter joined Richard Spoor Inc as a public interest attorney. She recently joined ENS as an Associate in Public Law and some mergers and acquisitions matters. Atlegang holds Bcom Law, LLB and LLM (Labour) qualifications, and when she’s not practicing law she plays the bass guitar as part of the praise and worship team at church and tutors Grade 8 Math in Alex.  Catch up with Atlegang on Instagram: @atlegang_govuza ___________________________________________ On our young professional/student feature today we are joined by Samukelisiwe Mbuthuma who is a LLB and LLM (Constitutional Litigation) graduate from Umlazi, Durban. She is currently serving her Articles of Clerkship. Other than committing herself to her work, she commits herself to serving the community by writing legal articles about important and relevant topics in an easy-to-understand manner. She has contributed to platforms such as Sister In Law. Furthermore, she has written and translated legal articles into isiZulu which went on to be published in a local newspaper. Her goal was to make the law accessible to members of the community who do not understand English and legal jargon. She strives to continue to contribute towards the development of the law by doing what she loves, writing. ___________________________________________ If you want to be featured on our next episode as a student or young professional, please email your headshot and bio to advice@sisterinlaw.co.za ______________________________________ Visit our website on: www.sisterinlaw.co.za and follow us on Instagram and Twitter @sister_in_law_ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tebello-motshwane/message ---

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 specialises in all areas of corporate and commercial litigation, including mining-related litigation; company-law-related litigation; contractual litigation; and shareholder and directors’ litigation. She also advises on corporate law and governance-related litigation; insolvency law; business rescue and restructuring; corporate fraud and business crimes; and financial regulations compliance. You can reach out to Tandiwe on Instagram @tandiwe_m. Don’t forget to share this episode with all your loved ones. If you’re listening on Apple podcast please rate and review the show. This goes a long way in creating awareness of the show and it’s a great tool in assisting me on where I can improve the show for your empowerment. ___________________________________________ On this episode we are joined by Robynne Ndlovu who is a second year LLB student at Wits. She has an interest in corporate and commercial law and wishes to specialize in that field one day. If you want to be featured on our next episode as a student or young professional, please email your headshot and bio to advice@sisterinlaw.co.za ______________________________________ Visit our website on: www.sisterinlaw.co.za and follow us on Instagram and Twitter @sister_in_law_ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tebello-motshwane/message

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 Resolution. She obtained her LLB (with distinction) from the University of Witwatersrand, as well as a LLM in Shipping Law from the University of Cape Town. Sharon completed here articles at Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs (“ENS”) in their Shipping and Logistics department, as well as their Dispute Resolution department. Her professional experience includes being involved 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. Sharon also acquired exposure into both national and international legislative frameworks regulating the maritime industry through practice as well as through engaging with various maritime stakeholders including the Department of Transport, South African Maritime Safety Authority, Transnet Port Authority, and the Port Regulator of South Africa. Her experience also includes exposure into various corporate commercial law matters dealing with, amongst others, contractual disputes, companies’ legal compliance, drafting and reviewing contractual agreements as well as providing legal opinions on the provisions of various legislation, as well as general dispute resolution matters. In addition to her day job, Sharon writes articles on Maritime Law related topics and one of her articles were published in DeRebus (A South African Attorneys Journal) titled 'A turning of the tide: Exploring the impact of pollution in the shipping industry'. She has also contributed a chapter to a textbook on Ballast Water Management edited by Prof. Portia Ndlovu, a Professor of International Maritime Business at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, USA – the book is currently being finalised and will undergo the process of editing and publishing. You can follow and get in touch with Sharon on Instagram @msiza_sharon On today’s episode we are joined by a young student/professional who goes by the name Ntshepeng Mokoena. Ntshepeng was born and raised in the Vaal Triangle in Sebokeng. She is a Nurse by profession who is about to complete her LLB degree at the University of South Africa. She has a Diploma in General Nursing, Community, Midwifery and Psychiatry from Ann-Latsky Nursing College. Ntshepeng graduated Cum laude and hopes to do it again as she already has 27 distinctions out of the 29 modules I have completed for her LLB so far. Ntshepeng currently works as a billing and practice manager for an orthopaedic surgery practice. She is a wife and a mom to one amazing baby girl. —————————— Don’t forget to tag us on Instagram @sister_in_law_ and to leave a review on Apple podcast. Share this podcast with as many family and friends as possible and don’t forget to email your season 3 guest suggestions to advice@sisterinlaw.co.za I love hearing from you so please leave any reviews and other suggestions on the same email. Thank you for taking this journey with me. I hope season 3 continues to be a great platform of learning and spreading awareness of not only what happens in the legal industry, but in society and the globe as a whole. Visit our website on: www.sisterinlaw.co.za