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Themba Khumalo

Partner
Litigation Partner and Head of pro bono

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Languages: English, Zulu, Tswana, Sotho, and Xhosa

Themba is a partner in our litigation department and he also heads our pro bono department.

Themba has a particular interest in civil litigation, with special emphasis on commercial litigation, insurance and personal injury litigation. His practise experience includes conducting research, advising clients and drafting opinions to clients on various aspects of civil litigation and drafting Pleadings and Notices in both Magistrates’ Court and High Court. He has also conducted his own Magistrates’ Court and High Court motion proceedings and Magistrates’ Court trial proceedings.

Themba has successfully defended several matters brought against a Government parastatal, some of which involved huge quantum and/or complicated merits. He has also written an article titled “Private or public hospitals – who cares?” which was published in a legal magazine, Mondaq.

His experience includes:

  • Representing a client who had been granted funding by the Health And Welfare Sector Education And Training Authority and was struggling to have the said funding paid over.
  • Successfully defended several delictual damages claims brought against a client which is a Government parastatal, some of which involved substantial quantum and/or complicated merits.
  • Represented a client in the Information Technology industry who had been sued in relation to a tender which our client had published and appointed a qualifying bidder.

As the head of our pro bono department, Themba offers monthly insightful and practical workshops on a variety of legal topics affecting disadvantaged communities in Soweto, as well as legal advice to the attendees.

Themba was acknowledged by the Doornkop Care Centre and its beneficiaries for supporting and providing much-needed pro bono legal services to communities in Soweto.

Themba is a member of the Legal Practice Council and the Black Lawyers Association.

Themba obtained his LLB degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, he holds a Right of Appearance in the High Court of South Africa, a Strategic Litigation certificate from LEAD, Drafting Heads of Argument Certificate from LEAD, Advanced Business Rescue Practice Certificate from the University of South Africa and Advanced Programme in Labour Law Certificate from the University of Pretoria.

Themba Khumalo

Partner

Litigation Partner and Head of pro bono

Themba Khumalo

Partner

Litigation Partner and Head of pro bono

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