Ziyanda Kgotso Sibeko is a South African attorney and Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice at Webber Wentzel, one of Africa’s leading law firms. He was promoted to partnership in 2024 at the age of 30, after joining the firm as a junior associate and building a practice in commercial litigation and administrative law.
He is widely regarded as a rising figure in the profession and was named one of the Mail & Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans for 2024 in the Legal Services category.
Education
• LLM in Environmental Law, University of the Witwatersrand (2023)
• Postgraduate certificates from Wits in Advanced Administrative Law (2021), Company Law I & II (2020), and Prospecting & Mining Law (2018)
• LLB Nelson Mandela University (2015), where he served as Head of Marketing and Communications for the Black Lawyers Association Student Chapter
Recognition and community work
He is a member of the Black Lawyers Association. He has been recognised as a finalist for South Africa’s Forty under 40 and has received industry attention as a promising private practice lawyer.
He is strongly committed to developing younger lawyers and has mentored and trained a substantial number of candidate attorneys, as well as supporting black female junior counsel.
He also provides pro bono legal assistance in Daveyton and has contributed to the South African AIDS Council Trust and local church outreach programmes.
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The young man with the afro is Jerome Nyalunga, my favourite person. My mother’s younger brother and the best Malume ever. Bob Marley's biggest fan. Still a super-smart, Black-conscious human being❤️. His only flaw is that he supports Orlando Pirates.
86% of economically active South Africans have NO retirement provisions
that’s 25 million+ people with no financial security for old age 💔💔
source: FinScope SA Consumer survey
I have a very unconventional opinion about this. If you had asked me this 3 years ago I would have also agreed that it’s redundant. But in this era where AI is starting to cloud legitimate writing and thinking, I don’t think this is a terrible thing😬
Every time I see clips from the apartheid era it breaks my heart that KIDS had to stand up against an entire regime and that regime slaughtered many of them! They were just kids!!! 💔
This is excellent work by North West University.
Limpopo is also building a medical school.
By 2029, only Northern Cape and Mpumalanga will not have medical schools.
A major milestone brings the Desmond Tutu School of Medicine closer to reality. 💜 NWU’s MBChB programme has received full accreditation from the CHE, marking a decisive step towards welcoming its first cohort of medical students in 2028. 🔗 https://t.co/sRd1SaWbiu
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BREAKING: After 12 years, Soul City is coming back to our screens! Soul City: Let's Rise premieres Sunday, 30 August 2026 at 19:30 on SABC1. A new generation. A new story. Same powerful purpose.
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Don't let a 10-minute problem consume a 24-hour day. The email was uncomfortable. The train was late. The conversation went poorly. Feel it, deal with it, then allow the rest of your life to remain intact.