Mukelwe Mthembu
Mukelwe Mthembu is a Senior Associate in our Dispute Resolution practice. She has experience in commercial litigation, arbitration proceedings and procurement law. Mukelwe provides regulatory, risk advisory and dispute resolution services in both the public and private sector.
About Mukelwe
About Mukelwe
Mukelwe joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2018. She served her articles of clerkship whilst serving in CDH's Dispute Resolution Practice, Employment Law Practice and Competition Law Practice.
In September 2021 she was admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa and has been practicing in Dispute Resolution and Litigation since, wherein she has been appointed as an Associate.
Mukelwe was promoted to Senior Associate in 2024.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- LLB, University of the Witwatersrand
Languages
Languages
- English
- isiZulu
About Mukelwe
Mukelwe joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2018. She served her articles of clerkship whilst serving in CDH's Dispute Resolution Practice, Employment Law Practice and Competition Law Practice.
In September 2021 she was admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa and has been practicing in Dispute Resolution and Litigation since, wherein she has been appointed as an Associate.
Mukelwe was promoted to Senior Associate in 2024.
Credentials
Education
- LLB, University of the Witwatersrand
Languages
- English
- isiZulu
Experience
Legal advice
Advised major banking institutions on the enforceability of various government agreements and/or legality of such underlying public law requirements for the government (i.e. governments/state-owned) action/conduct for purposes of considering whether to fund particular transactions/projects.
Legal advice
Representing multi-national oil companies in arbitration and litigation in various matters that affect the sale and distribution of petroleum products in South Africa.
News
Publication of Draft Petroleum Products Bill for public comment
On 21 October 2024, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) published the draft Petroleum Products Bill (Bill) for public comment.
'New Dawn' for Public Procurement in South Africa: The Public Procurement Act becomes law
Following its adoption by the National Assembly on 16 May 2024, President Cyril Ramaphosa on 23 July 2023, assented to signed into law the Public Procurement Act 28 of 2024. The Public Procurement...
The establishment of the Public Procurement Tribunal
The complex public procurement system in South Africa has been fertile ground for litigation over many years, and to say that law reports are replete with cases dealing with public...
Another judgment on prescription?
Whether it relates to the meaning of a debt or the running of prescription, it seems that every year, the courts are obliged to publish judgments dealing with one ortheother.
Nigeria’s incoming Arbitration and Mediation Bill, 2022
The incoming Arbitration and Mediation Bill (Bill) in Nigeria, which is said to be more commercially aware and more in tune with international practices, is set to change the legal...
