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Webber Wentzel Offices
90 RIVONIA ROAD, SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG 2196,
PO BOX 61771, MARSHALLTOWN 2107
South Africa
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Mr Mpumelelo Nxumalo
Work Department
Employment, Health & Safety Practice
Position
Partner
Career
Mpumelelo specialises in all aspects of employment and labour law as well as selected mine, health and occupational safety law as well as litigation and dispute resolution. He advises and represents clients across a variety of sectors, including banking, manufacturing, medical, mining, petroleum, logistics and telecommunications.
Mpumelelo has been involved in proceedings before different courts (including the Constitutional Court) as well as employment and labour law tribunals, including the International Labour Organisation (ILO). He has also advised and represented on some landmark matters – including successfully defending a challenge to the constitutionality of sections 23(1)(d) and 189(1) of the Labour Relations Act, which subsequently was recognised by the African Legal Awards in 2020 and received the Employment Team of the Year Award. He also advised in successfully obtaining a declaration that the work done by team leaders and mud-guards in tailings dams as an essential service. This was a tailings and mining industry first.