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Nicole Fritz
Executive Director Nicole Fritz obtained her LL.B. (cum laude) from the University of the Witwatersrand and thereafter completed an LL.M. in international legal studies at New York University School of Law as a Hauser Global Scholar. She has taught constitutional and international law at the University of the Witwatersrand School of Law and human rights law at Fordham University School of .. » Read More
Priti Patel
Deputy Director and HIV Programme Manager Priti Patel graduated with a B.A. in history from Columbia University in 1997 and received her J.D. from New York University School of Law in 2002. Before joining SALC, she was an attorney in the Law and Security Program at Human Rights First. In that capacity, she led field missions to Afghanistan, monitored military commission .. » Read More
Nyasha Chingore-Munazvo
Project Lawyer, HIV Programme Nyasha Chingore-Munazvo holds an LL.B. from the University of Zimbabwe and an LL.M. in human rights and democratisation in Africa from the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria. Prior to joining SALC, Nyasha was a researcher and project manager at the AIDS and Human Rights Research Unit at the University of Pretoria. .. » Read More
Jacqui Groeneweegen
Finance Director Jacqui Groeneweegen started off as an audit clerk and became the financial accountant for an audit practice. Thereafter she and two partners ran their own accounting practice for eleven years where they provided a full spectrum of tax, accounting, payroll and company secretarial services. She rejoined the corporate sector for five years as the Financial Manager for a recruitment .. » Read More
Caroline James
Project Lawyer Caroline James holds B.A. and LL.B. degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand. She has previously worked for Lawyers for Human Rights in Johannesburg, South Africa. Prior to joining SALC, she was a judge’s clerk at the South Gauteng High Court. .. » Read More
Melody Kozah
Project Lawyer, HIV Programme Melody Kozah holds an LL.B. and LL.M. in Human Rights from the University of Cape Town. Prior to joining SALC, she worked as a research assistant for Kelly Phelps in the Public Law Department at the University of Cape Town. .. » Read More
Anneke Meerkotter
Project Lawyer, LGBT and Sex Worker Rights Programme Anneke Meerkotter joined SALC in February 2012. Anneke previously worked as executive director at the Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre. She has specialised in public interest litigation and advocacy on gender-based violence, sex worker rights, rights of people living with HIV, sexual and reproductive rights, access to justice and child justice. She previously worked .. » Read More
Pamela Timburwa
Office Manager Pamela Timburwa has a qualification in Top Flight Secretarial (Pitman) having studied with BIC Academy. Currently, she is studying part-time with the University of South Africa (UNISA) towards a Bachelor of Business Administration. She worked at Africa University from 2004 to 2008 as a Secretary, and from 2009 to 2012 she worked at the Nelson Mandela Institute for Rural .. » Read More
Alan Wallis
Project Lawyer, International Criminal Justice Alan Wallis graduated with an LL.B. from the University of Cape Town in 2007 and thereafter completed a post-graduate diploma in international environmental law, also at the University of Cape Town. Prior to joining SALC, he served as law clerk to Justice Bess Nkabinde at the Constitutional Court of South Africa. .. » Read More