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		<title>Siphamandla Dhlamini</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Siphamandla Dhlamini is an Associate and advises on various administrative and constitutional law matters relating to state procurement, mining and environmental matters. He is well-acquainted with all aspects of land reform, restitution and tenure, including evictions, labour tenant matters, relocations, expropriation, land claims, and informal land rights. He also advises on general dispute resolution and  [...]</p>
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<li>Land Reform</li>
<li>Mining &amp; Environmental</li>
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<p style="color: #000000;"><strong style="font-weight: normal !important;">Litigation</strong></p>
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<li>Land Reform Restitution &amp; Tenure</li>
<li>Mining &amp; Environmental</li>
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<li>Evictions</li>
<li>Land Reform Restitution &amp; Tenure</li>
<li>Procurement</li>
<li>Mining &amp; Environmental</li>
<li>Civil Litigation</li>
<li>Administrative Law</li>
<li>Commercial Law</li>
<li>•Competition Law</li>
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<li><strong style="font-weight: normal !important;">Admitted as an attorney, 2025</strong></li>
<li><strong style="font-weight: normal !important;">LLB</strong>, University of Pretoria, 2021</li>
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<li>Involved in several major land claims and tenure disputes, representing both the landowner and the claimants</li>
<li>Represented major stakeholders in the South African public sector in various procurement disputes</li>
<li>Advised various mining and property companies (including Anglo American, Sibanye-Stillwater and Sanlam Properties) on large-scale eviction and labour tenant matters</li>
<li>Acted for major clients in judicial reviews relating to mining, and procurement.</li>
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		<title>Refilwe Moitse</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Refilwe Moitse is a Director in the Land Reform, Mining &amp; Resources and Environmental practice areas. She specializes in several aspects of commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution. In particular, her areas of specialisation include property law; land reform, expropriations and evictions; administrative and constitutional law; procurement law; as well as mining and environmental  [...]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-2"><p>Refilwe Moitse is a Director in the Land Reform, Mining &amp; Resources and Environmental practice areas. She specializes in several aspects of commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution. In particular, her areas of specialisation include property law; land reform, expropriations and evictions; administrative and constitutional law; procurement law; as well as mining and environmental law. She has been extensively involved in urgent interdict applications, review applications, mediations, and inquiries. She has acted for and advised clients in a variety of industries which range from mining, construction, banking, insurance, pharmaceuticals, property and agriculture. Furthermore, she has made representations and submissions to various regulatory bodies relating to land expropriations; mining and prospecting rights; tender disputes; B-BBEE disputes and other forms of administrative action.</p>
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<li>Environmental</li>
<li>Land Reform</li>
<li>Mining &amp; Resources</li>
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<li>Litigation &amp; Dispute Resolution</li>
<li>Commercial Litigation</li>
<li>Administrative and Constitutional Law</li>
<li>Land Reform, Land Expropriation and Land Tenure</li>
<li>Mining and Environmental Law</li>
<li>Property Law</li>
<li>Procurement Law</li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 300; color: #000000;">Refilwe has been involved in urgent interdict applications, review applications, mediations, and inquiries. She has acted for and advised various listed, unlisted and international clients in a variety of industries including mining, construction, banking, insurance, pharmaceuticals and property.</span></p>
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<li>LLB (University of Pretoria);</li>
<li>2016: Candidate Attorney: Werksmans Attorneys;</li>
<li>2018: Associate, ENSafrica; and</li>
<li>2019: Associate, Werskmans Attorneys</li>
<li>2020: Senior Associate, Werksmans Attorneys</li>
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		<title>Bulelwa Mabasa</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Bulelwa Mabasa is a Director and Head of the Land Reform Practice. Her expertise is spread across a number of key practice areas which includes the following: Dispute Resolution; which includes land reform, restitution and tenure law, administrative and constitutional law; tenders and procurement; due diligence investigations; expropriation litigation; mining regulatory and mining litigation and  [...]</p>
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Years of Experience: 21 years</p>
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<li>Litigation &amp; Dispute Resolution</li>
<li>Land Reform</li>
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<p>Litigation &amp; Dispute Resolution</p>
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<li>Land Reform, Redistribution, Restitution and Land Claims litigation</li>
<li>Dispute Resolution</li>
<li>Administrative Constitutional Law</li>
<li>Mining</li>
<li>Customary and Communal Land Rights Law</li>
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<p>Advised / Represented / Acted on behalf of:</p>
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<li>high-profile clients in disputes pertaining to land reform, restitution, administrative law, such as tenders and procurement , eviction law and mining litigation  in the High Court, and Supreme Court of Appeal and Constitutional Courts.</li>
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<li>2019: Head of Land Reforem Restitution &amp; Tenure Practice.</li>
<li>2013: Postgraduate Certificate in Land and Water Law, University of the Witwatersrand – Nelson Mandela Institute</li>
<li>2011: Postgraduate Certificate in Prospecting and Mining, University of the Witwatersrand – Nelson Mandela Institute</li>
<li>2008: Director, Werksmans</li>
<li>2004: Admitted as an Attorney</li>
<li>2002: University of the Witwatersrand</li>
<li>2000: BA, University of the Witwatersrand</li>
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<li>Shortlisted as Partner of the Year by the African Legal Awards (2025)</li>
<li>Her memoir <em>My Land Obsession</em> won for Alan Paton, now Sunday Times Literary Award, for Best Non-Fiction book for 2023.</li>
<li>Bulelwa was awarded Best in Land Rights (First Runner Up) and Best in Thought Leadership, Innovation and Academia (Second Runner Up), at the Women in Law (WOZA) awards ceremony, that was hosted in July 2022.</li>
<li>Bulelwa was awarded Best Woman Lawyer in Land Rights at the Women in Law (WOZA) awards ceremony during August 2019, based on her contribution not only to Werksmans in this sector but also, the key role Bulelwa plays in Land Reform policy in South Africa having been appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa to his Land Advisory Panel.</li>
<li>Bulelwa was appointed in 2018 as one of the panel members on the Expert Advisory Panel to the President on Land Reform. She is the only attorney on the panel.</li>
<li>Author of<em> Land in South Africa: Contested Meanings and Nation-Formation.</em></li>
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