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CURRICULUM VITAE OF MURUNWA SURPRISE MUDAU

Address: *** ********** ******, ********* ****, Midrand, 1682 Primary Cell: 072-***-****

Alternative Cell: 083-***-****

E-mail: adrxlq@r.postjobfree.com

An admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa since 29 July 2021 with 3 years’ commercial legal practise experience. I have extensive legal advisory; litigation support; projects management; policy research; legislative and legal drafting experience. I am a highly motivate person, dependable and a diligent individual.

DEMOGRAPHICS

• Gender: Female

• Race: African

• Citizenship: South African (ID: 931********** )

• Disability: None

• Driver’s license: code C1

• Languages: Tshivenda; English; Sepedi

SKILLS AND EXPERTISE

• Research,

• Oral and Written communication

• Analytical and Logical Reasoning

• Project Management and organising skills

• Technology literacy: MS Office and internet

search functions etc.

• Team work

• Problem solving

• Proactive

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Nemavhola Incorporate Attorneys, Kempton Park, Gauteng Assistant Attorney (March 2020- December 2021) Reason for leaving: Contract terminated due to downsizing on the company due to Covid19

Commercial law attorney representing a variety of clients (including City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality) in commercial, labour matters, Estate matters, general litigation; road accident fund claims, negotiating; drafting and reviewing of contracts.

• Attending to civil ligation matters from inception to execution stage including drafting pleadings and notices, issuing legal documents in court and working on the caseline processes and instructing sheriff and briefing counsel.

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• Negotiating, drafting and reviewing commercial contracts including Shareholders’ Agreement, Cession agreements, joint venture and association agreements, loan agreements, confidentiality and non-circumvention agreements, service level and management agreements, employment agreements and trust deeds.

• Drafting of the third-party claims (including Road Accident Fund and Medical negligence matters) pleadings and documents and advising clients.

• Administrating the Estate and dealing with labour law matters.

• Research and drafting legal opinions including assessing prospects of success of civil claims.

• Mentoring of the firm’s candidate attorney

• File administration and assisting in the running of the legal office. Nemavhola Incorporated Attorneys Kempton Park, Gauteng Candidate Attorney (March 2018- March 2020) Reason for leaving: Promotion

Underwent training as a legal professional in a commercial law practise.

• Attended to litigation matters (Magistrate Court) from inception straight through to execution stage including briefing counsel on civil litigation matters including representing clients on application proceedings and divorce matters.

• Drafted pleadings such third-party claims matters, evictions and other applications.

• Drafted commercial agreements such as Cession agreements and Service level agreements.

• Research and drafting legal opinions.

University of Venda Legal Aid (February 2014-October 2016) Practical Legal Trainee

• Provided career guidance to High School students.

• Provided law applications and law career choices to the High school students. University of Venda (February 2014-October 2015) Student tutor and mentor

• Provided academic assistance to first year law students.

• Tutored the Introduction to law module.

University of Venda (2014) Block Representative for the Housing Representative Council

• Administrating application forms for student accommodation and Allocation of the room to the students and the keys.

• Proving the necessities in the student’s rooms for them to use and Keeping order and discipline in the residences.

• Keep order and all behaviour around residents and making of unnecessary noise and again managing the visiting time of other students from other residents. Page 3 of 4

• Taking care of any other repairs required things like celling and windows.

• Making sure the residents’ facilities is being used accordingly. Making sure that the residents are clean, and students are not making unnecessary problems EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) - University of Venda (May 2017)

• Matric – Paradise Maname Combined School (December 2010)

• Practical Legal Training - Pretoria School for legal practice (July 2020)

• Certificate in Corporate Governance Development - Institute of Directors in Southern Africa (2019) ACHIEVEMENTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES

• In 2010 (when I was doing matric (grade 12)) I became the head girl of the school.

• In 2015 I was nominated to be legal Researcher of the University of Venda Black Lawyers Association where I was researching the topics of what to be discussed in our meetings.

• In 2019 I was nominated by the Department of Trade and Industry Republic of South Africa to attend the programme on the Institution of Directors in Southern Africa and was given the attendance certificate.

• 2014 and 2015 I was the class representative of both Labour law and Law of Property modules. I was the bridge communications between the students and the lecturer with class updates

• I volunteered in 2015 during school holidays to work at Dzanani Magistrate Court with the Prosecutor Mr Makhera where I was assisting to fill in the charge sheets, to provide with the files in court and attending criminal cases in order to update files.

• Participant of the first aid programme at the University of Venda in 2015.

• Moot court principal/trainer (2015) - Provided first year law students with litigation skills through moot court program.

• Assisted the local Community with free legal advice through the UNIVEN Law Clinic (2014-2016). REFERENCES

Name Organisation Relationship Contact

Mr Fhulufhelo

Nemavhola

(Principal/ Director)

Nemavhola

Incorporated

Attoneys

Former Principal and

Manager

Cell: 072-***-****/ 065-***-****

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Ms Tshililo

Mabirimisa

(Manager Legal)

Johannesburg

Roads Agency

Mentor Cell: 083-***-****

Mr Thokolo

(Managing Director

Law School/ Head of

Univen Legal Aid)

University of Venda

Former Manager Cell: 084-***-****

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