Nzwisisai (Nzwi) was called to the Bar in 2013 and is an employment/labour law and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) practitioner with experience in general commercial law, administrative law and refugee law.
Nzwi’s areas of interest are in workplace mediations and investigations, chairing and initiating disciplinary and grievance hearings, employment law litigation and general motion court work. She has appeared in all the courts in South Africa on her own accord or as junior counsel. She is an accredited mediator and a part time commissioner of the CCMA and various bargaining councils and has in depth and vast experience in the mediation and arbitration of labour disputes. Nzwi believes in speedy and cost effective dispute resolution through ADR methods such as mediation and arbitration.
Outside of practice Nzwi has a passion for gardening and runs Akanaka Blooms, a small flower farm in the Midvaal. As a mum of a son with cognitive impairments and learning disabilities, her hope is to work the farm with young adults with special needs and learning disabilities.
Reported Judgements:
- City of Tshwane v Link Africa (Pty) Ltd (6) SA 440 (CC);
- Helen Suzman Foundation v Judicial Services Commission [2017] 1 All SA 58 (SCA);
- South African Correctional Services Workers Union (SACOSWU) v Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) and [2017] 9 BLLR 905 (LAC).
- Centre for Child Law v Media 24 and Others [2017] 3 All SA 862 (GP);
- Helen Suzman Foundation v Judicial Service Commission 2018 (4) SA 1 (CC)
- Dennegeur Estate Homeowners Association and Another v Telkom SA SOC Ltd and Another 2019 (4) SA 451 (SCA))
- Centre for Child Law v Media 24 and Others 2020 (3) BCLR 245 (CC);
- Framatome v Eskom Holdings SOC Limited 2021(2) SA 494 (GJ)
