S3E6 - Atlegang Govuza, Public Law practitioner

Atlegang Govuza is an admitted attorney who has been in practice for 5 years. Her main area’s of focus have been in public law and previously in intellectual property law. She completed her articles at Adams & Adams and was an Associate in the Trade Mark Prosecution team. Atlegang then left practice to do a graduate program at Toyota South Africa. After her journey at Toyota, Atlegang returned to practice (Kisch IP) as an Associate in Trade Mark enforcement. During her career in the legal profession, Atlegang has also clerked at the Constitutional Court during 2020/2021 for Justice Jafta who has since retired. Thereafter joined Richard Spoor Inc as a public interest attorney. She recently joined ENS as an Associate in Public Law and some mergers and acquisitions matters. Atlegang holds Bcom Law, LLB and LLM (Labour) qualifications, and when she’s not practicing law she plays the bass guitar as part of the praise and worship team at church and tutors Grade 8 Math in Alex.  Catch up with Atlegang on Instagram: @atlegang_govuza ___________________________________________ On our young professional/student feature today we are joined by Samukelisiwe Mbuthuma who is a LLB and LLM (Constitutional Litigation) graduate from Umlazi, Durban. She is currently serving her Articles of Clerkship. Other than committing herself to her work, she commits herself to serving the community by writing legal articles about important and relevant topics in an easy-to-understand manner. She has contributed to platforms such as Sister In Law. Furthermore, she has written and translated legal articles into isiZulu which went on to be published in a local newspaper. Her goal was to make the law accessible to members of the community who do not understand English and legal jargon. She strives to continue to contribute towards the development of the law by doing what she loves, writing. ___________________________________________ If you want to be featured on our next episode as a student or young professional, please email your headshot and bio to [email protected] ______________________________________ Visit our website on: www.sisterinlaw.co.za and follow us on Instagram and Twitter @sister_in_law_ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tebello-motshwane/message ---