Buhle Duma

Associate Designate

Buhle Duma is an Associate Designate in our Dispute Resolution practice. Buhle has experience in Employment Law litigation, in particular CCMA cases, disciplinary hearings in various jurisdictions and Pension Fund related disputes between employers and employees. Dispute Resolution specific specialities includes experience in arbitration proceeding (both domestic and international), general  and commercial litigation as well as experience in opinion work for various clients in the Energy Sector and Mining Sector.

Buhle Duma

About Buhle

Buhle completed her LLB at the University of Fort Hare in 2018. She thereafter worked as in-house legal at a multinational mid and downstream oil company. She joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a candidate attorney in 2023 and completed her rotations in the Employment Department and the Dispute Resolution Department. She was retained as an Associate Designate in the Dispute Resolution Department in 2025.

Areas of expertise

Experience

  • Arbitration and Court proceedings – assisting in advising state-owned companies and multi-coperate companies in dispute resolutions, arbitration proceedings and litigation processes.
  • Legal publications on various arbitration proceedings in the domestic and international sector.
  • Representing multi-national oil companies in various matters that affect the sale and distribution of petroleum products in South Africa.
  • Legal opinions on policy, regulatory and oil and gas licensing matters.
  • Assisted in litigation proceedings related to Pensions and employee benefits.
  • Assisted clients with disciplinary hearings and CCMA related matters.
  • Experience in administrative law and business rescue proceedings.

Credentials

Education

  • LLB, University of Fort Hare.

LANGUAGES

  • English

News

SOC procurement exclusivity declared unconstitutional
Dispute Resolution

SOC procurement exclusivity declared unconstitutional

Section 217 of the Constitution requires that when contracting for goods or services, public entities do so through “ a system that is fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost-effective...

The role of shareholders in business rescue proceedings
Corporate Debt, Turnaround & Restructuring

The role of shareholders in business rescue proceedings

One of the stated purposes of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (Companies Act) is to promote innovation and investment in South African markets and provide for the efficient rescue and...

A classic incongruent ruling on sanction
Employment Law

A classic incongruent ruling on sanction

The matter of National Lotteries Commission v Mafonjo and Another (JR 48/2020) ZALCJHB 184 (23 June 2023) sets out what the Labour Court has termed an incongruent ruling on sanction.

Insolvency enquiries: Who may examine witnesses?
Corporate Debt, Turnaround & Restructuring

Insolvency enquiries: Who may examine witnesses?

Insolvency enquiries envisioned under section 417 and 418 of the Companies Act 61 of 1973 (Act) are convened either by the court or the Master of the High Court (Master). Typically,...

To amend or not to amend: The effect of rectification on concursus creditorum
Dispute Resolution

To amend or not to amend: The effect of rectification on concursus creditorum

“A written agreement which fails to express accurately the true intention of the parties may be rectified so as to make it accord with the parties’ common intention. If the party seeking rectification...

Some rules are meant to be broken, but at what cost in a court of law?
Dispute Resolution

Some rules are meant to be broken, but at what cost in a court of law?

“ The prime purpose of the court rules is to oil the wheels of justice in order to expedite the resolution of disputes. Quibbling about trivial deviations from the court rules retards...

SOC procurement exclusivity declared unconstitutional
Dispute Resolution

SOC procurement exclusivity declared unconstitutional

Section 217 of the Constitution requires that when contracting for goods or services, public entities do so through “ a system that is fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost-effective...

The role of shareholders in business rescue proceedings
Corporate Debt, Turnaround & Restructuring

The role of shareholders in business rescue proceedings

One of the stated purposes of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (Companies Act) is to promote innovation and investment in South African markets and provide for the efficient rescue and...

A classic incongruent ruling on sanction
Employment Law

A classic incongruent ruling on sanction

The matter of National Lotteries Commission v Mafonjo and Another (JR 48/2020) ZALCJHB 184 (23 June 2023) sets out what the Labour Court has termed an incongruent ruling on sanction.

Insolvency enquiries: Who may examine witnesses?
Corporate Debt, Turnaround & Restructuring

Insolvency enquiries: Who may examine witnesses?

Insolvency enquiries envisioned under section 417 and 418 of the Companies Act 61 of 1973 (Act) are convened either by the court or the Master of the High Court (Master). Typically,...

To amend or not to amend: The effect of rectification on concursus creditorum
Dispute Resolution

To amend or not to amend: The effect of rectification on concursus creditorum

“A written agreement which fails to express accurately the true intention of the parties may be rectified so as to make it accord with the parties’ common intention. If the party seeking rectification...

Some rules are meant to be broken, but at what cost in a court of law?
Dispute Resolution

Some rules are meant to be broken, but at what cost in a court of law?

“ The prime purpose of the court rules is to oil the wheels of justice in order to expedite the resolution of disputes. Quibbling about trivial deviations from the court rules retards...

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