Meet The Team
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Meet The Team
Project Leadership Group
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Project Oversight
Executive Dean, Faculty of Law
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Project Coordinator
Lecturer, Department of Public Law
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Project Fundraiser
Director: Fundraising and Administration, Internationalisation
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Project Administrator
Executive Secretary to the Executive Dean, Faculty of Law
Core Team
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Dr Franaaz Khan
Senior Lecturer, Department of Private Law
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Dr Letitia Smuts
Senior Lecturer from the Faculty of Humanities, Department of Sociology
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Dr Herman Myburgh
Senior Lecturer, Institute for Intelligent Systems (IIS)
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Ms Laura Dlepu
Director, WOZA
University of Johannesburg Team
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Prof Roxan Laubscher
Associate Professor, Public Law
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Prof Michele Van Eck
Associate Professor and Head of Department, Private Law
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Dr Yvette Joubert
Lecturer, Department of Procedural Law
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Mr Elton Hart
Attorney, UJ Law Clinic
WOZA Partners
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Ms Rehana Khan Parker
Director, WOZA
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Ms Subashnee Moodley
Director, WOZA
Mapongwana Attorneys Inc Partner
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Ms Belinda Mapongwana
Founder and Director, Mapongwana Attorneys Inc
SAC-IAWJ Partners
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Judge Shanaaz Mia
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Judge Dario Dosio
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Magistrate Ruby Matthys
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Magistrate Chrisholm Noble
Group Photos
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Standing, left to right:
Dr Franaaz Khan (UJ), Mr Elton Romeo Hart (UJ), Dr Letitia Smuts (UJ), Ms Subashnee Moodley (WOZA), Magistrate Chrisholm Noble (SAC-IAWJ), Magistrate Ruby Matthys (SAC-IAWJ), Ms Ntombi Mangqase (UJ), Dr Herman Myburgh (UJ), Prof Michele van Eck (UJ)
Seated left to right:
Ms Belinda Mapongwana (Mapongwana Attorneys Inc.), Ms Laura Dlepu (WOZA), Judge Dario Dosio (SAC-IAWJ), Judge Shanaaz Mia (SAC-IAWJ), Prof Wesahl Domingo (UJ), Dr Charissa Fawole (UJ), Ms Rehana Parker (WOZA), Dr Yvette Joubert (UJ), and Ms Mmakoena Mpshane-Nkosi.
University of Johannesburg: Project Leadership Group
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Left to right: Ms Ntombi Mangqase, Ms Mmakoena Mpshane-Nkosi, Prof Wesahl Domingo, and Dr Charissa Fawole.
Project Core Team
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Standing left to right: Ms Ntombi Mangqase, Ms Laura Dlepu, Dr Letitia Smuts, Dr Charissa Fawole.
Seated left to right: Dr Franaaz Khan, Prof Wesahl Domingo, and Ms Mmakoena Mpshane-Nkosi.
University of Johannesburg
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Standing left to right: Mr Elton Romeo Hart, Prof Michele van Eck, Ms Ntombi Mangqase, Dr Herman Myburgh, Dr Charissa Fawole, Dr Letitia Smuts, and Dr Yvette Joubert.
Seated left to right: Dr Franaaz Khan, Prof Wesahl Domingo, and Ms Mmakoena Mpshane-Nkosi.
WOZA Partners
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Left to right: Ms Subashnee Moodley, Ms Laura Dlepu, and Ms Rehana Parker.
Mapongwana Attorneys Inc.
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Ms Belinda Mapongwana
SAC-IAWJ Partners
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Standing left to right: Magistrate Ruby Matthys and Magistrate Chrisholm Noble.
Seated left to right: Judge Dario Dosio and Judge Shanaaz Mia.
Lead Organisation
University of Johannesburg, Faculty of Law