ISAAC VINCENT MALEKA SC - MEMBER OF LEGAL TEAM

Brief Curriculum Vitae of Isaac Vincent MalekaMaleka SC small

 

Qualifications:

B Proc (University of Zululand) 1986 

LLB (University of Natal) 1988

 

Professional membership:

Johannesburg Society of Advocates (Johannesburg Bar) 1989

 

Place of practice:

Thulamela Chambers, 1A Protea Place Off Friedman Sandton.

 

Professional standing:

  • 29 years practice as an advocate.  
  • 16 years practice as Senior Counsel, since May 2002.

Legal Experience:

Appearances in all High Courts and Appeal Courts and Constitutional Court in South Africa; and also in High Court and Supreme Court in Namibia.  

Type of cases:

Constitutional and administrative law and human rights litigation; Telecommunication, Pension and Media law regulatory litigation, commercial arbitrations under the auspices of AFSA and ICC. 

Arbitration Experience:

  • Appearance in domestic and international arbitration cases and arbitration appeals in construction, contractual, commercial and regulatory disputes.  
  • Appointed as an arbitrator and a member of arbitration appeal tribunal in construction, contractual, commercial and regulatory disputes.
  • Participated as a member of ad hoc Dispute Adjudication Board appointed in terms of FIDIC Contract. 

Other professional activities:

  • Panelist in the Cameroon Commission of Inquiry; the Hoexter Statutory Panel and prosecuting counsel in the Motsuenyane Commission of Inquiry. 
  • Acting appointment as Acting Judge of the High Court (South Gauteng High Court) and Labour Court.
  • Chairperson of the Gauteng Gambling Board (1995 – 2002)
  • Chairperson of schemes of arrangement in terms of the Companies Act, including scheme of arrangement between Standard Bank Group Limited, the Standard Bank Group and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.
  • Assistant to the Commissioner appointed to inquire into and report on the collapse of African Bank Limited by the Governor of SARB in 2014, in terms of section 69A of the Banks Act. 
  • Trial advocacy trainer for General Bar Council members; Black Lawyers Association members and Johannesburg Bar members.
  • Deputy Chairperson of Disciplinary Committee of Independent Regulatory Board of Auditors.
  • Group Leader and Chairman of Duma Nokwe Group of Advocates (2 years).
  • Group Leader and Chairman of Thulamela Chambers (3 years)