Pro Bono Archives - Werksmans Attorneys https://werksmans.com/gs-team-practice-area/pro-bono/ Corporate and Commercial Law Firm Fri, 08 May 2026 10:02:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://werksmans.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-WERKSMANS-W-scaled-1-32x32.bmp Pro Bono Archives - Werksmans Attorneys https://werksmans.com/gs-team-practice-area/pro-bono/ 32 32 Nothando Nyoni https://werksmans.com/team-members/nothando-nyoni/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 09:16:49 +0000 https://www.werksmans.online/?post_type=gs_team&p=23434 Nothando Nyoni is an Associate in the Pro Bono Department. She assists in offering pro bono legal advice and assistance to indigent and vulnerable clients. She has experience in public interest and human rights litigation, general dispute resolution and civil litigation, as well as labour and employment law litigation. Her work also extends to [...]

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Nothando Nyoni is an Associate in the Pro Bono Department. She assists in offering pro bono legal advice and assistance to indigent and vulnerable clients. She has experience in public interest and human rights litigation, general dispute resolution and civil litigation, as well as labour and employment law litigation. Her work also extends to matters involving domestic violence, children’s rights, disability rights, property rights, labour law, maintenance, and wills. Nothando holds a BA Law and LLB degree.

  • Pro Bono

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  • Dispute Resolution
  • Pro bono

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  • Admitted as an Attorney, 2025
  • LLB, University of South Africa, 2022
  • BA Law, North West University, 2019

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]]> Neo Sewela https://werksmans.com/team-members/neo-sewela/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:28:35 +0000 https://www.werksmans.online/?post_type=gs_team&p=18447 Neo Sewela is a Director specialising in Labour and Employment. He advises on various key pieces of legislation – including the Labour Relations Act; Basic Conditions of Employment Act; the Employment Equity Act; the Skills Development Act; the Unemployment Insurance Fund; and on compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act. With a special focus [...]

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Neo Sewela is a Director specialising in Labour and Employment. He advises on various key pieces of legislation – including the Labour Relations Act; Basic Conditions of Employment Act; the Employment Equity Act; the Skills Development Act; the Unemployment Insurance Fund; and on compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act. With a special focus on labour and employment related opinions and disputes.

Years of Experience: 4

  • Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Employment

 Litigation & Dispute Resolution

  • Labour & Employment
  • Dispute Resolution

  • Admitted as an Attorney,2022
  • LLB, University of Johannesburg, 2020

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]]> Naledi Motsiri https://werksmans.com/team-members/naledi-motsiri/ Sat, 12 Apr 2025 13:41:12 +0000 https://www.werksmans.online/?post_type=gs_team&p=10189 Naledi Motsiri is a Director at Werksmans Attorneys in the Pro Bono department. She specialises in Pro Bono legal advice and assistance; general dispute resolution and civil litigation; as well as labour and employment law litigation. Her expertise also extends to specialising in consumer rights; children’s rights; disability rights; property rights; labour law; maintenance; [...]

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Naledi Motsiri is a Director at Werksmans Attorneys in the Pro Bono department. She specialises in Pro Bono legal advice and assistance; general dispute resolution and civil litigation; as well as labour and employment law litigation. Her expertise also extends to specialising in consumer rights; children’s rights; disability rights; property rights; labour law; maintenance; and wills. Naledi holds an LLB degree and a Certificate in Advanced Labour Law (cum laude) from the University of Pretoria.

  • Pro Bono

  • Public Interest law

  • Consumer rights
  • Children’s rights
  • Disability rights
  • Property rights
  • Labour law
  • Wills
  • Maintenance

  • LLB (University of Pretoria)
  • Certificate in Advanced Labour Law (cum laude) (University of Pretoria – 2013)
  • 2011: Candidate Attorney, Werksmans
  • 2013: Associate, Werksmans
  • 2015: Senior Associate, Werksmans
  • 2019: Director, Werksmans

Media Coverage:

  • Finweek, UJUH and All for Women Magazine: “Insight” Know your Rights about School Fees” – January 2015;
  • HR Future Magazine: “Sir, Your Maternity Leave has been Granted.” – June 2016; and
  • Legal Brief “Ratepayers  Association Tackles Shebeen Regulations” – 2017.

Awards:

  • ProBono.Org Labour Law Award 2017; and
  • Woza Awards – recognised by Women in Law as Best Woman Lawyer in Pro Bono in 2019.

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]]> Bankey Sono https://werksmans.com/team-members/bankey-sono/ Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:40:17 +0000 https://www.werksmans.online/?post_type=gs_team&p=9968 Director Bankey Sono is a lawyer in the Employment practice area. Her areas of speciality include the new amendments to the Labour Relations Act; employment equity; strikes and lock-outs; and training on general workplace discipline and management of poor performance. Bankey has deep experience in Labour Relations and Employment Law (CCMA and Labour Court [...]

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Director Bankey Sono is a lawyer in the Employment practice area. Her areas of speciality include the new amendments to the Labour Relations Act; employment equity; strikes and lock-outs; and training on general workplace discipline and management of poor performance. Bankey has deep experience in Labour Relations and Employment Law (CCMA and Labour Court Litigation, Legal Opinions). She also practices in General High Court and Magistrates’ Court litigation in the law of delict; contract; unjust enrichment; construction – and other ancillary matters such as urgent applications for interdicts. Bankey acted at the Labour Court as a Judge during 2013 and 2014.

  • Employment
  • Pro Bono

  • Employment and Labour law

  • The new amendments to the Labour Relations Act;
  • Training on Sexual Harassment;
  • Employment Equity;
  • Strikes and lock-out;
  • Training on general workplace discipline and management of poor performance.

  • B.Proc (University of the Witwatersrand)
  • LLB (University of the Witwatersrand)
  • 2015: Director, Werksmans

  • She specialises in Labour Relations and Employment Law (CCMA and Labour Court Litigation, Legal Opinions). Initiates and Prosecutes in disciplinary enquiries on for employers. Provides advise on Labour and Employment Related issues. Also practices in General High Court and Magistrates’ Court litigation in the law of delict, contract, unjust enrichment, construction and other ancillary matters such as urgent applications for interdicts. Drafting of contracts, providing opinions.
  • Determining appeals brought by employees against disciplinary sanctions, determining appeals from applicants for new hospital licensing, additional beds and extension of health services, advising the MEC: Health, Gauteng Province.
  • Collated information from various government departments on their compliance with Human Rights legislation such as Gender Equity Act, Bill of Rights, Labour Relations Act, etc. for the Human Rights Commission’s report to parliament.
  • She acted at the Labour Court as a Judge during 2013 and 2014.

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]]> Dakalo Singo https://werksmans.com/team-members/dakalo-singo/ Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:50:49 +0000 https://www.werksmans.online/?post_type=gs_team&p=9869 Dakalo Singo is a Director and Head of the Pro Bono practice. He specialises in constitutional, public interest and human rights law, general dispute resolution and civil litigation, as well as labour and employment law. Dakalo has authored several articles which have been published in law journals and is a contributing author to two [...]

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Dakalo Singo is a Director and Head of the Pro Bono practice. He specialises in constitutional, public interest and human rights law, general dispute resolution and civil litigation, as well as labour and employment law. Dakalo has authored several articles which have been published in law journals and is a contributing author to two textbooks on clinical legal education. He is the recipient of several awards for his contributions to social justice and was listed in Mail and Guardian’s ‘200 Young South Africans’ (2019 edition), an annual publication that recognises young South Africans making a positive impact in various fields.

  • Disputes
  • Employment
  • Pro Bono

  • General dispute resolution and civil litigation
  • Constitutional law and human rights litigation
  • Labour and Employment law

  • Human rights, constitutional law and social justice issues;
  • Labour and employment law; and
  • General civil law matters.

  • LLB (University of South Africa);
  • LLM (University of the Witwatersrand);
  • 2017: Senior Associate, Werksmans
  • 2019: Director, Werksmans

  • Listed in Mail & Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans (2019) in the ‘Justice and Law’ category. See Mail & Guardian profile here.
  • Received two awards (in the “refugees” and “housing” categories) at the 2019 ProBono.Org Awards.
  • Advises and/or acts for various local and international non-governmental, civil society and social justice organisations.
  • Represented a group of asylum seekers in impact litigation brought against the Minister of Labour (and others) to challenge the constitutionality of certain aspects of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (“UIF”) statutory and structural framework, that excluded asylum seekers from being able to claim benefits from the UIF, despite the fact that they had made contributions to the UIF. A summary of the matter is available here. See also: Dakalo Singo “The case for asylum seekers’ entitlement to unemployment insurance fund benefits: Musanga v Minister of Labour” (South African Law Journal, Volume 137 Issue 3, p. 407-423 which can be accessed here.
  • Represented CASAC in President of the Republic of South Africa v Office of the Public Protector and Others (13 December 2017). The reported judgment can be accessed here.
  • Represented the SAHRC in the hate speech matter of South African Human Rights Commission v Khumalo (5 October 2018). A summary of the matter is available here, and the reported judgment can be accessed here.
  • Interviews and comments for various news media (radio, newspaper and television) regarding general legal issues.
  • Previously lectured Labour Dispute Resolution classes for the Legal Education and Development (LEAD) programme offered by the Law Society of South Africa (at Wits University).
  • Previously lectured law students at Wits University and continues to do so from time to time as a guest or sessional lecturer.
  • Previously served on the board of a local radio station.
  • Published an article in the Stellenbosch Law Review (Vol 27, No. 3, 2016) titled “The Role of South African University Law Clinics in the LLB Degree”.
  • Published a chapter, namely “Drafting Pleadings, Notices and Applications” in a text book titled “Clinical Law in South Africa” (3rd Edition, 2016), which is prescribed in various South African universities.
  • Published in “Law Clinics and the Clinical Law Movement in South Africa” (1st Edition, 2018) as a contributing author to two chapters.
  • Published an article (as a co-author) in the Stellenbosch Law Review (Vol 29, No. 2, 2018) titled “Clinical Legal Education and Social Justice – A Perspective from the Wits Law Clinic”.

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