KWAZULU-NATAL ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC SECTOR LAWYERS
UMthetho ungaphezu kwakho konke
Our HONORARY Members
The current honorary members of the Association are:
Ms Ina Cronjé
Ms Ina Cronjé, former lawyer, currently MEC for Finance in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal.
Adv RK Sizani
Adv RK Sizani, an LLB graduate and admitted advocate, a former Director-General of KwaZulu-Natal,
currently acting Secretary-General of the Office of the Chief Justice
(the new Department responsible for supporting the Chief Justice and providing judicially-based court administration
to safeguard the independence of the judiciary in South Africa).
Adv Sizani is also a Public Service Commissioner (member of the PSC).
Prof Nic Olivier
Prof Nic Olivier, well-known in legal and academic circles, has a particular connection with KwaZulu-Natal,
having played a key role in assisting with the
KwaZulu-Natal Rationalisation of Laws Project (2004 - 2007).
Prof Karthy Govender
Prof Karthy Govender, renowned advocate, arbitrator, law professor (at the University of KwaZulu-Natal)
and former SA Human Rights Commissioner.
See http://www.prof-karthy-govender.co.za/ for more details.
Mr Zibuse Comfort Ngidi
Mr Zibuse Comfort Ngidi, prominent Durban-based attorney and part-time lecturer at the University of Zululand.
Mr Godfrey Siphosihle Mdhluli
Mr Godfrey Siphosihle Mdhluli, admitted attorney in the High Courts of Swaziland, Lesotho and South Africa,
currently Special Advisor to the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal (since June 2004),
formerly Crown (State) Counsel (Lesotho), served as Director of Public Prosecutions for the Government of Lesotho,
also served as a director with the now defunct Directorate of Special Operations (Scorpions), National Prosecuting Authority in the Republic of South Africa.
Mr John Wills
Mr John Wills, prominent Pietermaritzburg-based attorney in practice for over 20 years concentrating mainly on public interest legal work,
currently Special Advisor to the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal (since June 2010).
Ms Lauren Frost
Ms Lauren Frost, LLB graduate and admitted attorney working as an environmental law consultant.
She is currently the chairperson of the appeal panel established by the MEC for Agriculture and Environmental Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal
and was previously a legal advisor to Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife and, most recently, to the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs.
Ms Bridgette Shabalala
Ms Bridgette Shabalala is attached to the national Department of Justice
and serves as the head of the regional office of the Department of Justice in KwaZulu-Natal.
Ms Gabriella Razzano
Ms Gabriella Razzano is a law graduate working in the non-governmental sector and specialising in access to information law,
currently holding the position of support officer for the Freedom of Information Programme attached to the South African History Archive (SAHA).
She also works as a freelance journalist.