Malebo Moropa

Date of Call: 2015

Date of Call (England and Wales): 2024

Malebo holds an LLB degree from the University of the Witwatersrand. She also holds a Master of Laws in International Business Law (cum laude) from Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris, France.

She is an admitted advocate of the High Court of South Africa and a member of the Johannesburg Society of Advocates. After completing her vocational training with Lincoln’s Inn in London, she was called to the Bar of England and Wales as a Barrister in 2024.

Malebo commenced her practice with the Pretoria Society of Advocates (“the Pretoria Bar”) in 2015 and has served as an active member of the profession with roles on various committees of the Pretoria Bar, including its Training Committee and Professional and Ethics Committee. She was also elected a member of its Bar Council for the periods 2018/2019 and 2019/2020.

Having previously been admitted as an attorney, her practice over the years has had a strong focus on administrative and constitutional law with other practice areas including competition law, customs and excise, local government law, general corporate and civil law.

Malebo has appeared in the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, the High Courts of South Africa, the Labour Court of South Africa, the Labour Appeal Court of South Africa and the Land Claims Court. She has also appeared in the Competition Tribunal of South Africa on matters relating to collusive conduct and concerted practices. She has also been involved in arbitration proceedings of a commercial nature.

Malebo has acted as counsel in some of the following notable matters:

Constitutional Court of South Africa

1. Qwelane v South African Human Rights Commission and Another [2021] ZACC 22, a matter involving hate speech and equality rights.
2. Minister of Water and Sanitation v Sembcorp Siza Water (Pty) Ltd and Another [2021] ZACC [21], a matter involving the powers of water boards to set tariffs.
3. AmaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism NPC and Another v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Others; Minister of Police v AmaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism NPC and Others [2021] ZACC 3, a matter involving state surveillance and rights to privacy.
4. Rahube v Rahube and Others [2018] ZACC 42, a matter involving the upgrading of land tenure rights.

Supreme Court of Appeal

5. The Minister of Home Affairs and Others v Jose and Another (169/2020) [2020] ZASCA 152 (25 November 2020), a matter dealing with citizenship.
6. Umgeni Water v Sembcorp Siza Water (Pty) Ltd and Others; Minister of Water & Sanitation v Sembcorp Siza Water (Pty) Ltd and Others (358/2018; 497/2018) [2019] ZASCA 133; [2019] 4 All SA 700 (SCA); 2020 (2) SA 450 (SCA) (30 September 2019), a water tariff appeal.

Others

7. In a special tribunal, the matter of Special Investigating Unit v Hlatshwayo and Another (GP/20/2020) [2021] ZAST 3 (12 February 2021).
8. Pearlstock (Pty) Ltd v Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service (83481/18) [2020] ZAGPPHC 393 (13 August 2020).
9. Exilaclox (Pty) Ltd v MEC for the Provincial Department of Roads and Public Works Northern Cape Province and Others, Ocean Echo Properties 333 CC v MEC Northern Cape Provincial Government: Department of Roads and Public Works and Another (2802/2016, 2804/2016) [2017] ZANCHC 65 (21 July 2017).
10. Molobi v South African National Parks and Others (LCC50/2014) [2018] ZALCC 32 (18 June 2018),
11. Nkwane v Nkwane and Others (36700/2016) [2018] ZAGPPHC 153 (22 March 2018).
12. Indigenous Film Distribution (Pty) Ltd and Another v Film and Publication Appeal Tribunal and Others (3589/2018) [2018] ZAGPPHC 438; [2018] 3 All SA 783 (GP) (27 June 2018).
13. Minister of Higher Education and Training and Another v South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union and Others (JA13/17) [2017] ZALAC 27; (2017) 38 ILJ 1967 (LAC) (16 May 2017).
14. Wierzycka and Another v Manyi (30437/17) [2017] ZAGPJHC 323 (20 November 2017).