Tebogo Sibidla is a Director in the Digital Media & Electronic Communications Practice Area, specialising in media and communications regulatory and competition law. This includes licensing and regulation of audio and audiovisual broadcasting services; broadcasting signal distribution; lotteries and gambling law (including interactive gambling); data privacy, protection & cybersecurity; and electronic communications and transactions. Tebogo also advises in respect of document retention, interception and monitoring; litigation and dispute resolution; consumer protection; promotional competitions; and administrative and constitutional law. She holds an LLB, a Certificate in Advanced Broadcasting Law and a Certificate in Competition Law, all from the University of the Witwatersrand.
Years of Experience: 20 years
PRACTICE AREAS
- Digital Media & Electronic Communications
- Regulatory
- Technology & Innovation
- Media and communications regulatory and competition law, including –
- Licensing and regulation of audio and audiovisual broadcasting services
- Broadcasting signal distribution
- Lotteries and gambling law, including interactive gambling
- Data protection and privacy
- Electronic communications and transactions
- Document retention
- Interception and monitoring
- Litigation and dispute resolution
- Consumer protection
- Promotional competitions
- Administrative and constitutional law
- Administrative and regulatory law
- Broadcasting (especially broadcasting, broadcasting signal distribution)
- Telecommunications law
- Regulatory issues
- Gaming law (including interactive gambling)
- Consumer Protection Act
- Media and communications regulatory law in South Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia, Ghana, Mauritius, Rwanda, Swaziland
- Certificate in Competition Law, University of the Witwatersrand, 2011
- Certificate in Competition Law, University of the Witwatersrand, 2011
- Admitted as an Attorney, 2007
- Certificate in Advanced Broadcasting Law, University of the Witwatersrand, 2006
- LLB, University of the Witwatersrand, 2004
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- Nominated by Who's Who Legal as a leading legal figure in Telecoms Media & Entertainment
- Selected by Who's Who Legal and Global Data Review's independent research with clients and peers as being one of the world's leading data practitioners
- Named as a recommended global leading lawyer in Data Privacy and Protection by the International Who's Who Legal
- Recognised as a recommended global leading data practitioner in Telecoms & Media by Who's Who Legal: Data
- Ranked lawyer (Band 3) by Chambers Global | 2025 | Media & Broadcasting
Authorships:
- Co-author: Email Marketing Consent and Disclosures (South Africa), Thomson Reuters, 2021
- Co-author: Email Marketing Compliance: South Africa, Thomson Reuters, 2021
