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. 

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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