MJ is a highly accomplished legal professional with extensive experience in public sector legal services, governance, and strategic advisory roles.

They are a Human Rights and Governance Legal Specialist | Executive Legal Leadership in the Public Sector: 

• Strategic legal executive with 25+ years of public sector legal practice, litigation, and legislative drafting experience across all three spheres of government. 
• Extensive leadership in complaints handling, governance reform, and litigation strategy — with deep grounding in human rights law, oversight, and compliance in complex institutional settings.

Some of their key skills and experience are:

• • Public Sector Legal Advisory – Over 25 years of experience in municipal, provincial, and national government legal frameworks, providing high-level legal counsel and policy interpretation.
  • Strategic Legal Risk Management – Expertise in identifying and mitigating legal risks in governance, administration, and service delivery.
  • Legislative Drafting & Compliance – Extensive experience in drafting, reviewing, and advising on laws and policies at a national level.
  • Executive Leadership & Governance – Proven ability to lead legal teams, ensure compliance with governance frameworks, and support high-level decision-making.
  • Stakeholder Relations & Advocacy – Strong track record of engaging with policymakers, civil society, and legal experts to drive legislative and governance reforms.
  • Complaints Handling & Case Oversight – Led design and oversight of electronic legal complaints intake, case resolution workflows, and litigation reporting systems.
  • Financial and Strategic Planning – Experience in budgeting, supply chain management, and ensuring cost-effective legal services in government structures. Successfully managed 150 staff members in the Department from different cultures, languages, religions, sexual orientations and professional levels with an operational budget equivalent to R200 million.
  • Monitoring & Evaluation Expertise – Developed and managed legal unit performance monitoring aligned with Municipal Finance Management Act, Treasury Circulars and Directives, and national reporting frameworks.

MJ currently holds the following degrees:

• • Master of Laws (Multidisciplinary Human Rights), University of Pretoria, South Africa (January 2022 – December 2024)
  • Master of Laws (Public Law), University of Pretoria, South Africa (January 2010 – December 2013)
  • Master of Business Administration, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa (January 2006 – December 2008)
  • Baccalaureus Legum (LLB), University of Pretoria, South Africa (January 1996 – December 1997)
  • Baccalaureus Iuris (B. Iuris), University of Pretoria, South Africa (January 1993 – December 1995)

MJ is an admitted Advocate in the High Court of South Africa since 2000