Anita B.

Employment law expertise with real commercial depth, and practical guidance on using AI responsibly at work, for local and international clients. I'm an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa, with a right of appearance in the High Court and Labour Court, and 16+ years in practice since 2010. I specialise in employment law and bring strong commercial, corporate and transactional experience alongside it. I also sit at executive level, running HR, legal and compliance for operating businesses, so my advice is sharp, commercial and ready to act on. EMPLOYMENT LAW - Dismissals, disciplinaries and misconduct or incapacity processes - Restructuring, retrenchments and Section 197 business transfers - Collective bargaining, collective agreements, union relations and strikes - Employment contracts, restraints of trade and workplace policies - CCMA, bargaining council and Labour Court disputes, and High Court matters - Employment equity, POPIA and HR compliance COMMERCIAL, CORPORATE & TRANSACTIONAL - Commercial contracts: manufacturing and supply agreements, and SLAs - Technology deals: software reseller, licensing and development agreements - Consortium and teaming agreements, and tender contracts - NDAs, confidentiality and restraint of trade - Corporate governance and Companies Act compliance - Cross-border work across African jurisdictions, including Mozambique and Zimbabwe AI IN THE WORKPLACE - Responsible AI adoption: policies, governance frameworks and risk controls for employers and law firms - Employment law risks of AI: monitoring, automated decisions, recruitment screening, fairness and discrimination - Data protection controls for AI tools, aligned with POPIA and GDPR principles - AI-assisted legal and HR workflows, with human review built in - Training managers and teams to use AI safely and lawfully REGULATORY & TRAINING - Regulatory, environmental and mining compliance - Practical training for managers and HR teams on discipline, hearings and fair process EXPERIENCE - Executive: HR, Legal & Compliance, Makana Brick and Makhanda Mining (2025 to date) - Group in-house counsel, Grupo Kapenta: four companies in Mozambique (2017 to date) - Corporate attorney, Paracon SA (2013 to 2015) - Labour litigation, Snyman Attorneys (2015), and my own labour consultancy (2015 to 2016) - Associate and labour law specialist, Perrott Van Niekerk Woodhouse Matyolo, Cape Town (2010 to 2013) - LLB (Rhodes University); LLM in International Commercial Law (University of Salford), in progress HOW I WORK I work remotely with businesses, law firms and founders in the US, UK, Europe and across Africa. I also support growing businesses that need dependable employment and contract advice without a full in-house team. Expect clear writing, fast turnaround, firm deadlines and strict confidentiality. Send me your brief or invite me to your job. I'll reply with a clear view of the issues and how I'd handle them.