Memory Machete

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Memory completed his pupillage with The Pan African Bar Association of South Africa (PABASA) in 2023. He was then admitted as an Advocate in early 2024. Since admission, he has gained experience in various fields of law, including Employment Law, Municipal Law, Personal Injury Law, Family Law and General Commercial Litigation. He has appeared in Magistrates' Courts; the Gauteng, North West, Mpumalanga, Polokwane divisions of the High Court, as well as in the Supreme Court of Appeal. Prior to joining the bar, he was a founder member and a director of Advocate Zondeka Makondo African Law Project (NPC) to assist the indigent people with their human rights matters through street law, procuring Pro Bono services for those who cannot afford legal services, and conducting legal research. A notable judgment that we have is Matshidiso and Others v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others ZAGPPHC 902 (12 October 2016), a fees must fall case. He later joined the Innovation & Technology Transfer Office, at the Tshwane University of Technology where he was tasked with identifying the institution's Intellectual Property, protecting it line with the CIPC process, and commercialising it.