Thato Maruapula
Thato Maruapula is an Associate in our Employment Law Practice. Thato specialises in both contentious and non-contentious employment law matters and has experience in advising both local and international clients across multiple sectors in various disputes ranging from unfair dismissal disputes, restraints of trade (restrictive covenants) and retrenchments. Thato further has experience in commercial due diligence investigations with a focus on the target entity’s employment contracts, policies and employment equity practices.
About Thato
About Thato
Thato started his career at CDH as a vacation student in 2017 and thereafter joined the firm as a Candidate Attorney in 2020. Thato was retained as an Associate in the Employment Law practice in 2022. Thato joined Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs for a short while before returning to CDH in 2024.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- LLB, University of Pretoria (2019)
- Year of Admission: 2022
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Admitted as a Notary: 2023
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Registered with the Legal Practice Council
Memberships
- Legal Practice Council
- South African Society for Labour Law (SASLAW)
- International Bar Association
Languages
Languages
- English
About Thato
Thato started his career at CDH as a vacation student in 2017 and thereafter joined the firm as a Candidate Attorney in 2020. Thato was retained as an Associate in the Employment Law practice in 2022. Thato joined Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs for a short while before returning to CDH in 2024.
Credentials
Education
- LLB, University of Pretoria (2019)
- Year of Admission: 2022
-
Admitted as a Notary: 2023
-
Registered with the Legal Practice Council
Memberships
- Legal Practice Council
- South African Society for Labour Law (SASLAW)
- International Bar Association
Languages
- English
Experience
Assisting clients with disciplinary, poor performance and incapacity hearings.
Urgent applications in the Labour Court to interdict a violent strike.
Assisting a mining company with an inquiry in terms of section 65(1) of the Mine Health and Safety Act 29 of 1996 following a fatality at a mine.
Assisting clients with bribery, misconduct and sexual harassment investigations.
Assisting professional bodies with prosecuting professional misconduct cases in the financial sector.
News
Keeping up with the deponents: Can an affidavit be commissioned virtually?
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Take care before you share: The dangers of social media use in the workplace
Advancements in technological gadgets such as smart phones and laptops, as well as the recent breakthroughs made with artificial intelligence, have undoubtedly made our lives easier...
The abuse of business rescue proceedings in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic: A debtor’s paradise?
Essentially, business rescue offers a rehabilitation process to companies in financial distress. At its best, business rescue creates a much-needed “ win-win ” solution for all the...
Webinar Recording | Developments in Education Law and impact on private schooling
Watch the recording of our expert panel who explored the impacts of recent legislation, including the Basic Education LawsAmendmentAct.
Webinar Recording | Drugs, alcohol, and the workplace
An employer must maintain a safe and healthy working environment. Watch our webinar for insights.
Costly Negligence in the Workplace: A Landmark Judgment.
Thato Maruapula, Associate in the Employment Law practice joined Nosipho Radebe on Power FM to discuss Costly Negligence in the Workplace: A Landmark Judgment.
The dangers of social media use in the workplace
Advancements in technological gadgets such as smart phones and laptops, as well as the recent breakthroughs made in artificial intelligence, have undoubtedly made our lives easier...
