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NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATES’ MEETING

WITH LAW SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA AND BLACK LAWYERS ASSOCIATION

MAY 9, 2015 DaVinci Hotel on Nelson Mandela Square, Address: 2 Maude St, Johannesburg, 2146

DISCUSSION ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING & ACHIEVING PARITY FOR BLACKS AND WOMEN IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW

Twenty-One Years after Apartheid Ended and Democracy for All Commenced

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NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION

• Pamela Meanes, Esq., President, NBA

• Hon. Marguerite Downing, Chair, International Affiliates Committee

• Hon. Earnestine Hunt Dorse, Co-Chair, International Affiliates Committee

• Vicky B. McPherson, Co-Chair, International Partnership Committee

• Kevin Judd, Esq. , Co-Chair, International Partnership Committee

International Affiliates Committee • Chan Abney, Esq. • Hon. Diana Becton • Nicole Colbert-Botchway, Esq. • Hon. Bernice Donald • Reginald Hicks, Esq. • Hon. Marcella Holland

• Hon. Casandra Lewis • Lorraine McGowen, Esq. • Herbert Moreira-Brown, Esq. • Daryl Parks, Esq. • Crystal Patterson, Esq. • Hon. Bobbi Tillmon • Lei-Chala Wilson, Esq. • Leroy Wilson, Jr., Esq.

International Partnership Committee • Cari DLM, Esq. • Portia Hurtt, Esq.

• Lorraine McGowen, Esq. • Hon. Denise Langford Morris • Kendal Tyre, Esq.

International Committee Conference Advisors** • Dr. Jean Bailey

• Peter Davidson

The National Bar Association (NBA) is the USA’s oldest and largest national association of predominantly African-American lawyers, judges, educators and law students. It has 84 affiliate chapters throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Africa and the Caribbean. It represents a professional network of more than 65,000 lawyers, judges, educators and law students.

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Collaborators

Law Society of South Africa (LSSA)

Black Lawyers Association (BLA)

• Busani Mabunda, Co-Chairperson, LSSA and President, BLA • Richard Scott, Co-Chairperson, LSSA • Nic Swart, Chief Executive Officer, LSSA & Symposium Facilitator

Organising Committee

• Nomfundo Manyathi-Jele, LSSA

• Fiona Kedijang, LSSA

• Tsili Phooko, Consultant LSSA

• Ros Elphick, Consultant LSSA

The LSSA brings together its six constituent members – the Black Lawyers Association, the Cape Law Society, the KwaZulu-Natal Law Society, the Law Society of the Free State, the Law Society of the Northern Provinces and the National Association of Democratic Lawyers.

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AGENDA MAY 9, 2015

7:30–8:30 Registration*

8:30–8:45 Welcome & Opening Remarks by Pamela Meanes, Esq., President NBA and Busani Mabunda, Co-Chairperson, LSSA

8:45–10:00 Panel I – 21st Century Slavery: Violation of

Human Rights Caused by Trafficking On the African Continent

10:00 Tea Break**

10:15–12:15 Panel II – Barriers and Solutions to the Advancement

of Black and Women Lawyers in the Practice of Law

12:15–12:40 Keynote Address

12:40–12:50 Vote of Thanks by Baitseng Rangata, CEO at Maponya Incorporated and Chairperson of the Gauteng Branch of the BLA

12:50–13:10 Closing Remarks and Vision for the Future by

Ashraf Mahomed, National Project Officer of the National Association of Democratic Lawyers (NADEL) and President of the Cape Law Society, and

Busani Mabunda, Co-Chairperson, LSSA

13:10 Lunch, Maximillien Restaurant at the DaVinci Hotel

Documents referred to in the panel sessions by speakers will be circulated to delegates after the symposium.

* Coffee, tea and danish graciously provided by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.

** Coffee, tea and danish graciously provided by the Law Society of South Africa.

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PANEL I DATE May 9, 2015 TIME 8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. LOCATION: DaVinci Hotel

Johannesburg, South Africa

“21st Century Slavery: Violation of Human Rights Caused By

Human Trafficking On the African Continent”

According to the U.S. State Department, 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders every year. There are an estimated 27 million enslaved people on the planet. Human trafficking is the 3rd largest underground industry in the world today. 79% of the victims of human trafficking are women and children. Lexis/Nexis Corporation is playing a vital role in helping to combat human trafficking globally. This program will delineate the problems and address the role of Lexis Nexis in helping to eradicate the problem.

Moderator: Pamela Meanes, NBA President

Panel: Dr. Monique Emser

Sanjiva (San) Reddy

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Panel II DATE May 9, 2015 TIME 10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. LOCATION: DaVinci Hotel

Johannesburg, South Africa

“Barriers and Solutions to the Advancement of Black

And Women Lawyers in the Practice of Law”

A discussion of the exclusion of black lawyers in South Africa and in the United States from lucrative legal work generally and the $4 billion Transnet/GE South Africa project specifically – in search of the Freedom Charter and Affirmative Action Under Section 9(2) of the South African Bill of Rights and in the United States. The program will address whether South Africa’s new Legal Practice Act provide the answer?

• Mentorship programmes: Key role to play in ensuring progress of Blacks and women in partnership and directorship positions?

• Do our tertiary institutions adequately prepare legal practitioners for a career in the corporate legal profession?

• The role that the Legal Practice Act will play in transformation and briefing patterns.

• Amalgamation of skills or elimination: merger of Black legal firms with large historically white firms.

• How can challenges for developing strong black-owned firms be addressed?

Moderator: Prof. Shadrack Gutto

Panel: Honorable Marguerite Downing

Lorraine McGowen, Esq.

Nano Matlala

Adv. Dumisa B. Ntsebeza SC

Diana Mabasa

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Hon. Earnestine

Hunt Dorse

Judge Earnestine Hunt Dorse made her mark in life at an early age. As a 10th

grade student at Melrose High School, in Memphis, Tennessee, she lead the

student body out of school to support the local sanitation strike and to Dr.

Martin Luther King’s march in downtown Memphis. As a charter member of the

Southern Christian Leadership Conference Choir, she sang with the choir during

Dr. King’s last speech. Judge Dorse and her sister, Mary Hunt, were at the

Lorraine Motel on the day of Dr. King’s assassination. She had left the Lorraine

Motel only minutes before Dr. King was assassinated, but Mary stayed. Mary is

the young lady who is pictured standing on the balcony pointing out the

direction from which he assailant’s bullet was fired, killing Dr. King. These events

motivated Judge Dorse to complete her education with honors and to attend a

historical Black college.

Judge Dorse graduated Cum Laude from Clark College (now Clark Atlanta

University) becoming the first in her family to receive a college degree. She was

an exchange student at Dag Hammarskjold College where she studied United

Nation’s Agencies in five foreign countries: Geneva, Switzerland; Vienna, Austria;

Paris, France; Malmo, Sweden; and Luxembourg, Germany. Judge Dorse

received her Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Memphis in 1984.

Judge Dorse has taught in the Memphis City School system; served as a research

associate; and worked as a paralegal. Her aspirations then led her to practice

law with Perkins, Hanna and Associates; the Law Firm of Evans, Willis, Stotts and

Kyles; Memphis Area Legal Services and the Shelby County Public Defender’s

Office. On December 10, 1990, Judge Dorse was elected as City Court Judge in

Memphis, Tennessee, becoming the first African-American female judge in City

Courts and the second African-American female judge in the State of Tennessee

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Hon. Earnestine Hunt

Dorse (continued)

Judge Dorse serves on the board of several community organizations and is a

member of many professional associations. She is active in the National Bar

Association and has chaired several committees. She was the 2003-2004

National Bar Association Judicial Council Chair and is also presently a member of

the Ben F. Jones Affiliate Chapter of the National Bar Association. Judge Dorse

has been a faculty member at the National Judicial College and is a past- chair of

the American Bar Association Judicial Division National Conference of Specialized

Court Judges’ Committee on Mental Health Courts. She also

serves on the Board of Directors of the National Council of Community

Behavioral Health Organizations; Chair of the Board of Directors for Memphis

Mid-Town Mental Health Center; and is an Executive Board Member of Sister

Network, Memphis Chapter.

Judge Dorse is a member of Mount Pisgah CME Church where she serves on

the Steward Board and is a member of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority.

Judge Dorse is married to businessman Fred O. Dorse and they have seven

children and five grandsons.

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Hon. Marguerite Downing

Judge Downing is a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge. She presides over

dependency cases at the Edelman Children’s Court.

Judge Downing chairs the Incarcerated Parents Working Group for Los Angeles

County which is one of the first court supported efforts working to address issues

effecting this population of parents and the effect incarceration has on

dependent children in the child welfare system.

Judge Downing has lectured and presented CLE training on dependency and other

legal topics throughout California and in such far flung places as Beijing, China,

Dubai, Guam and Saipan.

Judge Downing is vice chair of the State Bar of California Council on Access and

Fairness (COAF) and serves as an advisor to the Criminal Law Section Executive

Committee. Judge Downing has spoken on numerous panels on judicial

appointments as a member of COAF. At the time of her appointment as judge in

2007, she was Vice President of the State Bar Board of Governors and chair of the

statewide Taskforce on Attorney Civility.

Judge Downing is a past president of Black Women Lawyers Association of Los

Angeles, Inc. (BWL), the California Association of Black Lawyers (CABL) and

California Women Lawyers (CWL).

Judge Downing serves on the advisory committee to the ABA Commission on

Youth at Risk and serves as their liaison to the Commission of Disability Rights

(CDR) having previously served as a commissioner. Judge Downing is an elected

officer of the National Bar Association Judicial Council. She has been an active

member of both the National Bar and the American Bar Associations while as an

attorney and now as a judge.

CABL, the NAACP - Women in the NAACP (WIN) Los Angeles Branch, Women on

Target and the Parenting Puzzle have all recently honored Judge Downing for her

community service efforts

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Dr. Monique Emser

Dr. Monique Emser is a research associate in the Criminal and Medical Law

Department at the University of the Free State. She has been affiliated with the KZN Human Trafficking, Prostitution, Pornography and Brothel Task Team since 2009. her PhD (Political Science) was on “The Politics of Human Trafficking in South Africa: A Case Study of the KwaZulu-Natal Intersectoral Task Team and South African Counter-Trafficking Governance.” She has written a number of papers on the topic of human trafficking, counter-trafficking governance and the media’s reporting around the issue. Her research interests include human trafficking, unconventional security threats, human rights, international relations and conflict.

Prof. Shadrack Gutto

LLB (Hons) (Nairobi, Kenya), M.A.L.D. (Fletcher School of Law and

Diplomacy/Tufts, USA), PG Diploma in International and Comparative Human

Rights Law (Strasbourg, France), Ph D (Lund, Sweden).

LL.B. (hons), University of Nairobi (1975). Pupilage with Archer & Wilcock

Advocates, Nairobi. Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy, Fletcher School of Law

and Diplomacy, Tufts University, U.S.A (1978). Post-grad. Diploma in International

and Comparative Law of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France (1978). Lecturer and

Research Fellow, Faculty of Law and the Institute of Development Studies,

University of Nairobi, respectively (1978-1982). In 1982, during the

Kenyan Government’s crackdown on critical academics, was forced into exile and

lived in Graz, Austria and London, the U.K. Lecturer, Law Faculty, University of

Zimbabwe (1983-1988) and founding editor of the Zimbabwe Law Review.

Declared a persona non grata for unspecified “national security” grounds in 1988.

Granted Convention refugee status in Sweden in 1989. Senior Teaching and

Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology of Law, Lund University (1989 – March

1994); meanwhile completed a doctorate in sociology of human rights law in 1993.

Associate Professor, Law Faculty and the Centre for Applied Legal Studies at the

University of the Witwatersrand from April 1994; Deputy Director (1995–1998)

and Acting Director (2000–2001).

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Headed the Land Rights Research Programme and lectured in Public International

Law, Human Rights, Property Law and Land Reform, Constitutional Law and

Jurisprudence. Supervised masters and doctoral students. Was Co-Chairperson of

Wits University Transformation/Institutional Forum 1996–2000.

Full Professor and Chair of African Renaissance Studies & Director of the

postgraduate Centre for African Renaissance Studies, University of South Africa

(UNISA): June 2003—; Professor Extraordinaire at the Faculty of Humanities,

Tshwane University of Technology (2008–); Non-Executive Chairperson

at Maluleke Seriti Makume Matlala (Attorneys) Inc (2007–). A member of UNISA

Senate, Senate Executive Committee, and deputy chair of Senate Publications

Committee; Academic planner and coordinator of the Government of South Africa-

UNISA-Government of Southern Sudan human capacity and institutions’ building

project (2004–2011).

Published widely in local and international legal and political economy and cross-

disciplines professional and academic journals and has authored or edited the

following books and monographs:

(i) (Author) Equality and Non-Discrimination in South Africa: The Political

Economy of Law and Law Making (2001); (ii) (Editor and Contributor) A Practical Guide to Human Rights in Local

Government (1996); (iii) (Author) ICJ Workshop on NGO Participation in the African Commission on

Human and Peoples’ Rights, 1991-1996: A Critical Evaluation (1996); (iv) (Author)—a creative story book for children) Big Eat Them (1996); (v) (Author) Property and Land Reform: Constitutional and Jurisprudential

Perspectives, (1995); (vi) (Author) Human and Peoples’ Rights for the Oppressed: Critical Essays in

Theory and Practice from Sociology of Law Perspectives (1993) ; (vii) (Co-editor and contributor) Namibia: Conspiracy of Silence (1989); (viii) (Chief investigator) Survey on Laws on Fertility Control (1979).

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A member of a number of committees and boards of statutory bodies, e.g. the

Constitutional Matters Committee of the Rules Board for Courts of Law, Land

Restitution Trust, Equality Review Committee and the Policy and International

Liaison Committee of the South African Human Rights Commission. Sits on a

number of advisory and control boards and boards of trustees of national and

regional non-governmental legal and human rights organs of civil society

including BLA-Legal Education Centre; National Paralegal Institute; Africa Legal

Aid; African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies; Rural Legal

Trust; and National Land Committee. Treasurer, Arusha AU-NEPAD Human Rights

Trust Fund. Treasurer, Vice-President and President, Society of Teachers of Law

of Southern Africa (1998-2000, 2000-2001 and 2002-3, respectively).

Special adviser and one of the drafters of the Equality Act (2000) and Communal

Land Rights Act (2004); has provided constitutional legal opinions, conducted

commissioned research and judicial training; participated in legislative drafting

for several ministries and departments in the Government (land affairs, justice,

health, education, arts, science & technology and intelligence). Chaired the

National Legal Aid Transformation Team (1998-1999) and the Ministerial Panel of

Experts on the Development of Policy on Ownership of Land by Foreigners (2004-

2007); Member of the National

Refugee Relief Fund Board; Member of the Steering Committee of the Legal

Services Charter (2004-2007). Has participated in human rights national needs

assessment, programmes development and monitoring missions for the then UN

Centre for Human Rights (Lesotho & Namibia) and Amnesty International (Sierra

Leone). Ad-hoc legal expert consultant to the International Commission of Jurists

(1996), the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

and United Nations Development Programme (October 2001-

2007), African Union and NEPAD (2002-8), the International Bar Association

(2002-3); Part-time Special Adviser to the Minister of Justice and

Constitutional Development on transformation of the justice sector (2004 -

2008); Part-time Advisor to the Minister of Housing (2005-2008); Advisor to the

National House of Traditional Leaders (2007-); Co-Team Leader: APRM- CRM to

Nigeria (2008); media analyst and commentator on law, politics and society.

Columnist for ThisDay 2003-2004. A member of editorial boards of accredited,

peer reviewed, academic and professional journals and founding editor of the

nationally and internationally accredited International Journal of African

Renaissance Studies (IJARS).

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Busani Mabunda Busani Mabunda is the Co-Chairperson of the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA)

and President of the Black Lawyers Association. He is the sole director of

Mabunda Incorporated in Johannesburg.

Mr. Mabunda holds the BProc (UDW) and LLB (Wits) degrees, an LLM in Labour

Law (UNIN) and certificates and diplomas in banking law, criminal justice and

forensic auditing, administrative and constitutional law and sports law from

various universities. After serving his articles with Mlambo & Modise Attorneys,

he became a director at Mabunda Incorporated in Johannesburg where he has

practised since 1997.

Mr. Mabunda focuses on labour law, civil and criminal litigation in the

Magistrate’s and High Court, as well as personal injury and medical negligence

claims.

Mr. Mabunda has served as a council member of the LSSA for several years

where he has represented the Black Lawyers Association, and is a member of

the LSSA’s Management Committee. He also represents the LSSA on the

Judicial Service Commission which interviews and nominates judicial

candidates for appointment by the President.

He has served on the council of the Law Society of the Northern Provinces

since 2008 and was its President in 2013. He is currently Chairman of the

Council of the Vaal University of Technology.

Nano Matlala Nano Matlala has been practising as an attorney for over thirty years. He

facilitated the historical merger of four major black law firms 14 years ago

currently known as Maluleke Seriti Makume Matlala Inc. (MSMM Inc.) which

resulted in its becoming the biggest black law firm in Southern Africa with

more than 25 attorneys.

He has served as President of The Law Society of the Northern Provinces

(formerly known as the Law Society of the Transvaal; name was changed during

his term as President); President of the Black Lawyers Association and during his

term he introduced a newsletter called A luta Continua; Co-Chair of the Law

Society of South Africa (during which he set up an empowerment programme for

black law firms called Synegy Link which is aimed at the provision of guidance in

business models, systems and strategy development). Many black law firms

benefited from this programme.

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Lorraine McGowen, Esq.

Lorraine McGowen is a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.

Her clients include leading financial institutions, syndicated lender groups, creditor committees and other parties seeking to maximize recoveries in complex

bankruptcies, out-of-court restructurings and creditors’ rights controversies in the United States

and internationally. She advises on all aspects of bankruptcy and creditors’ rights

litigation, prepares and negotiates complex corporate and finance documents, and

represents investors in, and purchasers of , financially distressed companies. Ms.

McGowen has been involved in many prominent bankruptcy and out-of-court

restructuring matters including Indiana Toll Road, South Bay Expressway, City of

Detroit, Lehman Brothers, MF Global, Puerto Rico, Tronox, Chemtura and General

Motors.

Ms. McGowen is the chair of Orrick’s firmwide Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives

and recently completed two terms of service on the firm’s 11-member Board

of Directors. She previously chaired Orrick’s Restructuring Group. She serves

on the Board of Legal Advisers for Legal Outreach, a non-profit college-bound

program for students in disadvantaged neighborhoods in New York City and on

the Advisory Committee for the Vance Center for International Justice of the

New York City Bar Association.

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Pamela J. Meanes, Esq.

Pamela Means is the president of the National Bar Association (NBA). Ms.

Meanes is a Partner with Thompson Coburn LLP, the largest law firm in St. Louis,

Missouri. As a partner in the firm’s litigation and public law practices, Ms. Meanes

represents a variety of clients on wide range of matters from land use, eminent

domain and contract disputes to employment and personnel issues and many

others.

Since joining the firm, Ms. Means has represented such clients as McLoed U.S.A.,

Energizer Battery Co., Shell Oil, Metro, Monsanto, the Metropolitan Sewer District,

East St. Louis Children’s Mission, Inc., St. Louis Women’s Healthcare, and many

others. In addition, she played a significant role in the land acquisition for the 17

mile extension of MetroLink through St. Clair County on behalf of the Bi-State

Development Agency.

Ms. Meanes currently serves as Co-Chair of the ABA Section of Litigation Legal

Service Project. She also serves on the board of directors of MERS Goodwill,

Greater East St. Louis Community Fund, Inc., and Legal Services of Eastern

Missouri. Ms. Meanes holds a Bachelor of Arts from Monmouth College, an

Master of Arts from Clark Atlanta University and a Juris Doctor from the University

of Iowa.

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Adv. Dumisa B. Ntsebeza SC

Dumisa Ntsebeza SC completed his law degree while serving a long prison term

for political activism in the mid-1970’s and early 80’s. He rose to prominence in

the 1990’s as Commissioner and head of the Truth and Reconciliation

Commission’s investigative unit.

Mr. Ntsebeza has acted as a judge of the High Court and the Labour Court. In

2004, he was appointed by the United Nations then Secretary General, Kofi Annan, to serve as a Commissioner on the UN International Commission of Inquiry into human rights violations in Darfur, Sudan.

In 2005, Ntsebeza became the first African Senior Counsel in the history of the

Cape Bar. He has held several leadership positions in the legal profession,

including being the Founder member, and first President of the National

Association of Democratic Lawyers (NADEL), the President, and subsequently

the Deputy President of the Black Lawyers Association, a member of the Cape

and Johannesburg Bar Councils, and is currently the National Chairman of the

Advocates For Transformation (AFT).

Mr. Ntsebeza serves on the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and is the JSC’s

official spokesperson. He is also the non-executive chairman of Barloworld, a

position he has held since June 2007. Mr. Mtsebeza is also the Chairman of

Equillore Limited, an alternative dispute resolution public company formerly

known as the Arbitration Forum.

Having been nominated to that position by the President of the Republic of

South Africa, President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma. He is also the JSC’s official

spokesman.

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Baitseng Rangata Baitseng Rangata is the Chairperson of the Black Lawyers Association, Gauteng

Province and a member of South African Women Lawyers Association. She is

serving as a member of the Finance Committee for the Attorneys’ Fidelity Fund. She is involved in various projects in serving the communities. She is an

ambassador for promotion of access to justice and defending the rights of the less

privileged. She is leading the firm in its pro bono section, by providing free legal

assistance to the needy. She supports movements against women and children

abuse. She is the Chairman of a Home Based Care Organisation for the aged and

sickly initiated by the Department of Health.

She is the Managing Director of the firm Maponya Attorneys’ Inc (JHB). She holds

a Masters’ degree in Intellectual property Law, with a dissertation entitled “The

requirement of Originality for the protection of Traditional Knowledge”. She

qualified as an attorney of the High Court in 2000 after which she joined the firm

as a Professional Assistant and progressed to her current position as the managing

Director.

She is practising in various disciplines of the law, i.e. Intellectual Property Law, Tax

Law and Commercial litigation.

She is success driven and motivated by new challenges. Her definition of being a

Lawyer is ones dedication to serve where it matters.

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Sanjiva (San) Reddy Degrees:

• 2011: M.Phil Futures Studies, Stellenbosch University Business School (EQUIS accredited); Dissertation: “Prospects for South Africa’s Biofuels Industry: 2011-2031;

• 1982: BA (Honours), Political Science, University of Cape Town Certificates: • 2015: Macroeconomic Principles, University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne; • 2015: Analyzing Global Trends for Business and Society, Wharton, University

of Pennsylvania; • 2011: Advanced Social Media, University of San Francisco; • 2006/7: Business Reporting, Donald W. Reynolds National Center for

Business Journalism, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University; 2006: Paralegal Studies, George Mason Law School, Virginia

Awards:

• December 2013: U.S. Department of State Franklin Award for assisting in the rehabilitation of a rural school in Nelson Mandela’s remote homestead

MEDIA AND GOVERNMENT

December 2012-August 2015: Political Specialist; U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South

Africa: • Independently developed and maintained contacts over a broad political

spectrum, including government, opposition, non-government, academic, think tanks, international organizations, political parties, the diplomatic community; collaborated with three consulates and other agencies within Mission South Africa;

• Met regularly with key contacts to facilitate meetings, independent analysis, and political reporting; provided detailed briefings for the Ambassador, the Deputy Chief of Mission, senior staff, political officers and official Washington visitors;

• Provided oral and written reports of factual/analytical nature on a wide variety of political and economic issues; drafted sections of annual, congressionally-mandated reports; conducted daily press briefings and news updates.

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Highlights:

• June 2013: Lead protocol control officer for U.S. President Barack Obama’s University of Cape Town speech during visit to South Africa.

June-December 2007: Lagos Bureau Chief, CNBC Africa; Lagos, Nigeria:

• Recruited and trained core team for newly-established bureau;

• Reported on economic and social issues impacting Nigeria and West Africa;

• Built brand awareness via African Telecom Awards 2007 and Africa Investor

Conference 2007;

• Produced and presented first weekly magazine program “Nigeria This

Week;”

• Cultivated contacts with key Nigerian political and business leaders.

2005-2006: Editor, Naval Affairs Magazine; Fleet Reserve Association (FRA);

Alexandria, Virginia, USA:

• Lobbying mouthpiece for U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, and Marines; publication

over 100 years old with circulation of over 200,000;

• Crafted messaging for all marketing materials and press releases;

• Repositioned magazine to appeal to a broader audience;

• Updated daily website content;

• Wrote weekly legislative update “FRA Newsbytes” read by more than 4,000

key stakeholders in the United States, including members of the U.S.

Congress;

• Commissioned freelance reporters.

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1998-2004: Senior News Anchor, e.tv; Cape Town, South Africa:

• Anchored South Africa’s most widely-viewed prime-time newscast “eNews Live at 7;”

• Scripted and produced segments for three nightly newscasts; • Conducted interviews with Colin Powell, Former U.S. Secretary of State;

Dominique de Villepin and Lionel Jospin, Former French Prime Ministers; Benazir Bhutto, Former Pakistani Prime Minister; Thabo Mbeki, Former South African President;

• Member of core group that launched channel and initiated its publicity division;

• Professionally trained by CNN and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 1997-1998: Weekend Desk Editor/ Anchor, 702 Eyewitness News (Radio), Johannesburg: • Compiled and presented news bulletins on the hour; • Breaking news interviews.

1995: Anchor, MIDDAY Live and PM Live (Radio, News Current Affairs), South

African Broadcasting Corporation, Johannesburg: • Pre-recorded and ‘live’ interviews; • News scripting; • Research and setting up interviews for show.

1990 - 1994: Senior News Anchor, BOP TV

Bulletin editor;

• Compiled and presented primetime news;

• Field reporting.

1992-1994: Presenter, political talk show, Spectrum, Radio Bop

Research and sourced guests.

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CORPORATE

August 2011-August 2012: Managing Director, marcusbrewster Public Relations

agency; Johannesburg, South Africa:

• Oversaw strategic business development and managed staff of 12

employees;

• Multiple South Africa PRISA PRism award-winning public relations agency;

• Clients included MTN, Nestle, mango airlines, African Bank, Emerald Casino, Radisson Hotel (South Africa), Thompson Travel Group (South Africa, London, Switzerland), and Beyond Sport Summit (London/Cape Town).

Highlights:

• December 12, 2011: One-on-one live interview with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the Beyond Sport Summit in Cape Town on his views on developments in the Middle East, philanthropic work in Africa, and role as a Beyond Sport ambassador.

January 2008-August 2011: Strategic Communications Consultant, British

American Tobacco, Southern Africa (BATSA); Stellenbosch, South Africa: • Devised and executed an integrated communications strategy for nine

diverse African markets (Angola, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi);

• Managed media relations for Southern African region; • Researched and developed messaging on regulatory issues; • Provided media training for Managing Directors and senior management in

the leadership team.

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Ashraf Mahomed Ashraf Mahomed has extensive expertise in constitutional law, public law and

land reform. He holds BA, LLB degrees and a Certificate, Basics of Financial

Management (with distinction) from the University of Cape Town. He also has

qualifications in ADR (mediation, arbitration, negotiations and facilitation)

accredited by IMSSA. During 2015 he was appointed as an acting Judge of the

High Court in the Western Cape. He is currently the President of the Cape Law

Society. Previously, a director at Cheadle Thompson and Haysom Inc. his

practice focused on the following areas: constitutional and human rights law,

public sector law (including drafting laws, policies and guidelines), labour law as

well as mediation, facilitation and arbitration services.

Ashraf was also previously head of the South African Human Rights Commission

in the Western Cape where he dealt with the first cases that came before the

newly established Equality Court. Before joining the SAHRC, he worked at the

Legal Resources Centre, where he litigated extensively on constitutional and

human rights issues in the Land Housing and Development Unit. He was the

principal attorney in the Franschoek land claim for almost 5 years, culminating

in the settlement of their claim. He served as a Commissioner on the SAHRC's Farm Worker Inquiry into Human Rights Violations in Farming Communities in 2000/1.

He has served on various expert panels, delivered numerous papers at local and international conferences, seminar sessions and workshops and co- authored a book titled “Land Tenure Law”. He was the Project Director of the Land Rights Management Facility (LRMF) and continues to assist the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform in setting a new strategic direction for land reform.

Ashraf serves on the national executive committee of the National Association

of Democratic Lawyers (NADEL) as its National Project Officer.

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Diana Mabasa Diana Mabasa is an attorney, notary and conveyancer. She is currently a PhD

candidate at Wits University researching a thesis entitled “How Women Judge: A

Critical Race Feminist analysis of adjudicative strategies in South Africa”.

She holds BA LLB and LLM (specialising in Advanced Constitutional Law and

Environmental Law) degrees from the same institution. She also holds a post-

graduate diploma in Management Development from the Unisa School of

Business Leadership.

Mrs Mabasa acted as a judge in both the South Gauteng and North Gauteng

Local Divisions of the High Court in 2014. She also lectured at Wits University.

She serves as a member of the disciplinary committee of the Law Society of

the Northern Provinces. She is also a regional executive committee member of

the South African Women Lawyers Association, and serves the Black Lawyers

Association as judicial services committee member.

Mrs Mabasa participates in various community projects such as teaching life

skills to disadvantaged young women through the “Malibongwe’ programme at

His People Christian church. She is a board member at Rainbow FM, a Christian

community radio station and also involved in Kofifi FM, where she performs pro

bono legal services.