Local female lawyers acknowledged at WOZA Awards
Female lawyers in the province were awarded and their various contributions in the legal profession recognised, during the first WOZA Women in Law Awards.
POLOKWANE – The awards were held at the Hilton Hotel in Sandton on Saturday, 3 August and women in law, from all over South Africa, attended this prestigious event to recognise female excellence in the law industry. The South African Women Lawyers Association (SAWLA) Limpopo scooped awards in four of the six categories in which they were nominated. SAWLA Limpopo’s Chairperson and Legal Aid SA Executive, Mpho Kgabi addressed the attendees at the ceremony and explained that the legal field is one of the professions that are still very male dominated. “With that being said, it is extremely fulfilling to be among so many successful women who have achieved so much in law,” she said.
The award winners were as follows:
Mpho Mabidi, founder of MB Attorneys based in Thohoyandou, current SAWLA Limpopo Treasurer and BLA Limpopo Deputy Chairperson, is the winner in the labour law category.
Kgoshigadi Moremadi Mothapo won the leadership and mentoring award in the government category. She is the former Chairperson of the Justice Portfolio Committee of Parliament and the reigning Queen of Bakgaga-Ba-Mothapo, an attorney by profession and SAWLA Limpopo member.
Petunia Thulane, founder of Maloka Thulare Attorneys in Polokwane, a SAWLA Limpopo member and executive committee member of the Polokwane Attorneys Association, is the first runner-up in the alternative dispute resolution category.
Tsakani Maluleke-Sihlangu is the second runner-up in the leadership and mentorship category. She is the former Chairperson of SAWLA Limpopo and is still a member of SAWLA Limpopo.
These women have been in the forefront of empowering up-and-coming female lawyers within the province.
