Gift Xaba

Senior Associate

Gift Xaba is a Senior Associate in our Pro Bono & Human Rights practice.  Gift is involved in our firm's various CSR initiatives. His passion for access to basic education and literature has seen him involved in establishing and driving a number of access to education and literature initiatives including the Pro Bono & Human Rights practice's legacy initiative known as the 'Build A Library' project.

Gift Xaba

About Gift

About Gift

Gift joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2016 and was appointed as an Associate in 2018. Gift was promoted to Senior Associate in 2022.

 

Credentials

Credentials

Education

  • LLB, University of Johannesburg
  • LLM, University of Johannesburg

Languages

Languages

  • English

About Gift

Gift joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Candidate Attorney in 2016 and was appointed as an Associate in 2018. Gift was promoted to Senior Associate in 2022.

 

Credentials

Education

  • LLB, University of Johannesburg
  • LLM, University of Johannesburg

Languages

  • English

News

A municipality found in contempt of court opens the door for a possible award of constitutional damages for ongoing violation of socio-economic rights
Pro Bono & Human Rights

A municipality found in contempt of court opens the door for a possible award of constitutional damages for ongoing violation of socio-economic rights

” The commitment to transform our society into one which respects and observes the values of human dignity, freedom and equality lies at the heart of our constitutional order .” –...

Court confirms the rights of pregnant and lactating women and children under six to free healthcare
Pro Bono & Human Rights

Court confirms the rights of pregnant and lactating women and children under six to free healthcare

On Friday, 14 April CDH’s Pro Bono & Human Rights practice celebrated victory in one of its long-standing matters concerning the enforcement of the rights of pregnant and lactating...

In loco parentis: Schools’ liability and duty to take reasonable steps to prevent foreseeable harm to learners under their care
Pro Bono & Human Rights

In loco parentis: Schools’ liability and duty to take reasonable steps to prevent foreseeable harm to learners under their care

“ After the event, even a fool is wise. But it is not the hindsight of a fool; it is the foresight of a reasonable man which can determine responsibility ” – Viscount Simonds

Pro Bono & Human Rights Annual Newsletter
Pro Bono & Human Rights

Pro Bono & Human Rights Annual Newsletter

In 2011, as part of its commitment to being a good corporate citizen and to further its strong commitment to promoting access to justice and the rights and values in our Constitution,...

Moment of reckoning for aspiring foreign lawyers: the Constitutional Court upholds limitation to entry to the legal profession
Pro Bono & Human Rights

Moment of reckoning for aspiring foreign lawyers: the Constitutional Court upholds limitation to entry to the legal profession

Analysis of Rafoneke and Others v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Others ZACC 29.