Commissioners
Advocate Nthabiseng Sepanya-Mogale
Chairperson
Advocate Nthabiseng Sepanya-Mogale
Chairperson
Chairperson Adv Nthabiseng Sepanya-Mogale is an Admitted Advocate in the High Court of South Africa. She holds an LLB and LLM in Constitutional Litigation and Human Rights. In addition to her legal academic career, Adv. Sepanya-Mogale holds a B.A in Social Work, a Postgraduate Higher Diploma in Advanced Social Work Practice and Certificates in Trauma Counselling and International Human Rights Law obtained from Copenhagen, Denmark and Oxford University & University of George Washington, respectively. As appointed by the President of the Republic of South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa, Adv. She has extensive experience in working with survivors of sexual and domestic violence. She has also held several senior management positions in all three spheres of government.
Prabashni Subrayan Naidoo
Deputy Chairperson
Prabashni Subrayan Naidoo
Deputy Chairperson
Deputy Chairperson Prabashni Subrayan-Naidoo holds a Masters of Laws specialising in Criminal Law and a Bachelor of Laws from UNISA. She has completed postrgraduate courses in Commercial Drafting and Family Law from Lead South Africa. She was admitted as an Attorney in 2007 and has been leading her private legal practice since 2014. She has worked as Senior Legal Advisor and Legal Researcher and has extensive experience in criminal and civil litigation. She has specialised in Matrimonial Law, Domestic violence and Labour matters. She has rendered her services as a board member to various non-profit organisations such as Child Welfare South Africa and the South African Women Fightback.
Advocate Thando Gumede
Commissioner
Advocate Thando Gumede
Commissioner
Commissioner Advocate Thando Gumede is an admitted Advocate of the High Court of South Africa; as well as a certified and registered mediator and panel member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Network of South Africa. Her legal and mediation experience mainly centers around entrepreneurship, commercial law, contracts, employment and labour law, focusing on supporting young, black and/or female social entrepreneurs and start-up companies. She completed her Bachelor of Laws at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2016 and served as a Judges' Research Clerk at South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeals seated in Bloemfontein. She has previously contributed research to the Democratic Governance and Rights Unit ("DGRU") report on the appointment of South African Judges.
Bongani Ngomane
Commissioner
Bongani Ngomane
Commissioner
Commissioner Bongani Ngomane hails from Tsakane township in Gauteng province’s Ekurhuleni metro. He holds a Master’s Degree in Management (New Venture Creation) from the Wits Business School, an Honors Degree in Public Administration from the University of Stellenbosch and a Junior Degree in Public Administration from UKZN. He has been Chairperson of 365 Mens’ Awards since 2015 and is currently Chief Director in the Gauteng Department of Social Development. He was a Director for Gauteng Land Management between 2002 – 2007 and is also a former Member of Ekurhuleni Mayoral Committee (MMC) 2000-2002.
Leonashia Leigh-Ann Van Der Merwe
Commissioner
Leonashia Leigh-Ann Van Der Merwe
Commissioner
Commissioner Leigh-Ann van der Merwe has a strong background in social and sexual health activism. She is a passionate and dedicated qualitative health researcher, working at the intersection of identity, HIV and socio-cultural, economic and political determinants. She contributes to research and teaching to develop a responsive and well capacitated health worker force, ultimately strengthening the healthcare system. Her education, technical skills, personal and professional attributes would contribute positively to the goal of advancing research and training in a tertiary education setting. She is currently a candidate for PhD. Public Health Medicine at UKZN, and has received a Research Ethics training from the University of Hong Kong. She holds a Masters in Public Health from UNISA and a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health from the University of Western Cape.
Dr Charnell Naidu
Commissioner
Dr Charnell Naidu
Commissioner
Commissioner Dr Charnell Naidu is a Senior educator in the Department of Education. She has acted as Deputy Principal, Departmental Head and Subject Head. She serves on various committees at the school, cluster, and district levels, and is a district examiner and moderator.
Commissioner Naidu is passionate about finding solutions to Gender-Based Violence, sexual harassment, gender oppression, gender equality and intersectionality. Her postgraduate studies all focused on these areas.
HRH Eurika Mogane
Commissioner
HRH Eurika Mogane
Commissioner
Commissioner Eurika Mogane is a multi-award-winning community leader and mentor. She is from the Mogane Royal Family and Mogane Traditional Council and is an ambassador for the Mpumalanga region's Amakhosikati (Queens/Chiefs Wives).
She believes in equipping and empowering unemployed youth with basic life skills and offers them opportunities for skills development. Her focus of work is on women and children. She is a mentor for final-year students at the University of Pretoria and an affiliate mentor for the Alison Online Learning Institution from Ireland.
Commissioner Mogane has a few accolades, including an Honorary Title in the Forty Under 40 Africa Awards in the Honorary Entrepreneurship and Business Category, the Mail and Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans for 2021, and a Golden Key International Honors Society Lifetime Membership Award. She was awarded a scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge, focusing on Sustainable Development Goals: Law and Policy.
Kamohelo Teele
Commissioner
Kamohelo Teele
Commissioner
Commissioner Kamohelo Teele holds a Bachelor of Education Honours from the University of Witwatersrand. He has extensive experience working with Non-Governmental Organisations that advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities. He possesses sound knowledge, skill, and advocacy in inclusive and special needs education, policy development, and frameworks for disability rights, local government, strategic leadership, and communications.
Mulalo Nemataheni
Commissioner
Mulalo Nemataheni
Commissioner
Commissioner Mulalo Nemataheni is a Certified Financial Planner by profession and a member of the Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Planning from Milpark Education and a Bachelor of Commerce in Financial Accounting from the University of Cape Town. With extensive experience in private banking, business banking, and financial planning, Commissioner Mulalo is a passionate advocate for financial literacy and women empowerment. She is dedicated to equipping individuals and communities with knowledge to make informed
financial decisions. As the President of ImPower'd Woman, a non-profit organisation focused on women's rights and empowerment, Commissioner Mulalo leads initiatives aimed at empowering, educating and celebrating women.
Mfundo Nomvungu
Commissioner
Mfundo Nomvungu
Commissioner
Commissioner Mfundo Nomvungu holds an Honours degree in Social Work from the University of Cape Town. They also possess a Master of Philosophy degree in Laws from the University of the Western Cape, with expertise in International Family Law, Constitutional Rights Interpretation, the Extension of Social Protections, Rule of Law & Good Governance, and Corporate Finance & Governance. Their thesis focused on the Role of Chapter 9 Institutions in South Africa.
Driven by a passion for social justice and human rights, Mfundo has dedicated their career to empowering
marginalised communities, especially women and children affected by violence and poverty. Between 2021 and 2023, Commissioner Mfundo served as a board member of the Justice Desk, where they played a pivotal role in advocating for justice and human rights.
Seehaam Samaai
Commissioner
Seehaam Samaai
Commissioner
Commissioner Seehaam Samaai was admitted as an attorney in 2002. They are a Director at the Women’s Legal Centre and previously served as the Director of Legal Administration at the Western Cape Regional Office of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD). Before their tenure at DOJ&CD, they practised as an attorney and served as the Director of the UWC Legal Aid Clinic.
Commissioner Samaai also served as the president of the Association of University Legal Aid Institutions for six years and is a long-serving Board Member and Chairperson of Lawyers for Human Rights, as well as a
Trustee of the Rural Legal Trust. They have been the Western Cape NEC member of NADEL and Chairperson of South African Women Lawyers Association Western Cape. They also spearheaded a project called Tipping The Scales – Gender transformation in the legal profession.
Commissioner
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Dibeela Mothupi
Commissioner
Nomasonto Mazibuko
Deputy Chairperson
Mrs Lindiwe Ntuli-Tloubatla
Commissioner