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Onele Bikitsha

Associate

Onele Bikitsha is an Associate in our Dispute Resolution practice. Onele has experience in litigation work, more particularly urgent applications relating to Protest Actions. He furthermore has experience in Mining and Minerals, Gambling and Regulatory Compliance, Public law and Administrative law. Sector specialities include Occupational Health and Safety,  and Mining & Minerals. 

+27 (0)11 562 1725
onele.bikitsha@cdhlegal.comJohannesburg
Onele Bikitsha

About Onele

Onele completed his LLB at the University of Witwatersrand in 2022. He thereafter joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a candidate attorney in 2023. during his time as a Candidate Attorney, he worked in departments such as the Employment Law practice, Environmental Law, Mining & Minerals teams within the Corporate & Commercial as well as the Dispute Resolution practice.

Areas of expertise

Dispute Resolution
Occupational Health & Safety

Experience

  • Assisted clients with Mining regulatory work more particularly issues surrounding overlapping mineral rights.
  • Assisted clients with fatalities occuring in the Mining Sector.
  • Assisted Mining Houses in disputes relating to protest actions by community members and employees.
  • Assited a Public Sector Client regarding a procurement related disputed with a fatality in a Mine.
  • Assisted a client with a dispute with the Compensation Fund and the administrative law aspects related to the matter.
  • Assisted a client in the gambling sector in relation to shutting down illegal gambling sites.

Credentials

Education

  • LLB, University of the Witwatersrand
  • Admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of the Republic of South Africa in June 2025

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • isiXhosa
  • isiZulu
  • siSwati

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Employment Law

How inspectors should conduct inspections under the OHSA

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Mental illness as a compensatable disease under COIDA: Key lessons from Urquhart v Compensation Commissioner
Employment Law

Mental illness as a compensatable disease under COIDA: Key lessons from Urquhart v Compensation Commissioner

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Mining on the same land for the same mineral: The overlapping rights conundrum
Mining & Minerals

Mining on the same land for the same mineral: The overlapping rights conundrum

It has become the new norm for applications to be submitted for prospecting/mining rights over land where a right to mine has already been granted over the same land and for thesamemineral. 
Guidance Note for the Management of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in the South African Mining Industry

Guidance Note for the Management of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in the South African Mining Industry

On 11 October 2024, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) released the Guidance Note for the Management of Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) in the South African...
Strict liability and employers’ approach to the Occupational Health and Safety Act: Lessons from Joubert v Buscor Proprietary Limited
Employment Law

Strict liability and employers’ approach to the Occupational Health and Safety Act: Lessons from Joubert v Buscor Proprietary Limited

In Joubert v Buscor Joubert v Buscor Proprietary Limited (2013/13116) ZAGPPHC 1024, the application of strict liability under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993 (OHSA)...
Is a clear criminal history an inherent requirement of the job?
Employment Law

Is a clear criminal history an inherent requirement of the job?

In the recent case of O’ Connor v LexisNexis (Pty) Ltd (P18/24) ZALCPE 11, the Labour Court considered, on an urgent basis, whether the refusal to appoint an individual on the basis...
How to bring an incarcerated employee to an internal disciplinary hearing
Employment Law

How to bring an incarcerated employee to an internal disciplinary hearing

Employers often face the practical difficulty of how an employee who has been incarcerated, typically awaiting trial (which on its own can take years), is to be brought to an internal disciplinary...
Non-compliance with the Labour Court Rules and Practice Manual vs Access to Justice: A balancing exercise
Employment Law

Non-compliance with the Labour Court Rules and Practice Manual vs Access to Justice: A balancing exercise

In Greater Taung Local Municipality v South African Local Government Bargaining Council and others ZALAC 1 (16 January 2023), the employer sought to review an arbitration award but...

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How inspectors should conduct inspections under the OHSA
Employment Law

How inspectors should conduct inspections under the OHSA

The recent Labour Court decision in Truworths Limited v The Chief Inspector: Occupational Health and Safety, Department of Employment and Labour and Another Case Number: J1597/21 has...
Mental illness as a compensatable disease under COIDA: Key lessons from Urquhart v Compensation Commissioner
Employment Law

Mental illness as a compensatable disease under COIDA: Key lessons from Urquhart v Compensation Commissioner

In Urquhart v Compensation Commissioner 27 ILJ 96 (E), the High Court addressed whether post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) qualifies as a compensatable illness under section 91...
Mining on the same land for the same mineral: The overlapping rights conundrum
Mining & Minerals

Mining on the same land for the same mineral: The overlapping rights conundrum

It has become the new norm for applications to be submitted for prospecting/mining rights over land where a right to mine has already been granted over the same land and for thesamemineral. 
Guidance Note for the Management of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in the South African Mining Industry

Guidance Note for the Management of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in the South African Mining Industry

On 11 October 2024, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) released the Guidance Note for the Management of Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) in the South African...
Strict liability and employers’ approach to the Occupational Health and Safety Act: Lessons from Joubert v Buscor Proprietary Limited
Employment Law

Strict liability and employers’ approach to the Occupational Health and Safety Act: Lessons from Joubert v Buscor Proprietary Limited

In Joubert v Buscor Joubert v Buscor Proprietary Limited (2013/13116) ZAGPPHC 1024, the application of strict liability under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993 (OHSA)...
Is a clear criminal history an inherent requirement of the job?
Employment Law

Is a clear criminal history an inherent requirement of the job?

In the recent case of O’ Connor v LexisNexis (Pty) Ltd (P18/24) ZALCPE 11, the Labour Court considered, on an urgent basis, whether the refusal to appoint an individual on the basis...
How to bring an incarcerated employee to an internal disciplinary hearing
Employment Law

How to bring an incarcerated employee to an internal disciplinary hearing

Employers often face the practical difficulty of how an employee who has been incarcerated, typically awaiting trial (which on its own can take years), is to be brought to an internal disciplinary...
Non-compliance with the Labour Court Rules and Practice Manual vs Access to Justice: A balancing exercise
Employment Law

Non-compliance with the Labour Court Rules and Practice Manual vs Access to Justice: A balancing exercise

In Greater Taung Local Municipality v South African Local Government Bargaining Council and others ZALAC 1 (16 January 2023), the employer sought to review an arbitration award but...

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