Panel of Chairpersons

Arthi Singh-Bhoopchand

BPROC

Arthi is an attorney specialising in labour and family law. She is a part time Commissioner for the CCMA and also serves on various public and private sector bargaining councils. Arthi is a consummate chairperson of disciplinary and performance enquiries within the workplace.

Craig Bosch

BA LLB & LLM

Craig started his career as an academic and later taught labour law and alternative dispute resolution for final year and postgraduate levels at terciary institutions. Craig is a part time senior Commissioner of the CCMA, an accomplished trainer and facilitator of programs and became a practicing advocate in 2014.

Dave Wilson

B.Comm, LLB, Admitted as Attorney & Certificated Program in Industrial Relations

Dave commenced his career in the petroleum industry where he worked in a senior management position of both legal services and industrial relations. Dave is a Senior part time Commissioner, a specialist arbitrator in demarcation and essential service disputes and is a consummate trainer.

Elviso Adams

LLB & Admitted Attorney

Elviso is an established part time Commissioner having commenced his career in the manufacturing sector within HR. He is a training facilitator and registered assessor and moderator in both technical qualifications as well as labour relations. Elviso is adept at chairing hearings and conducting internal investigations.

Feizal Rodriques

B.Iuris, LLB, Admitted Attorney

Feizal is an admitted Advocate and commenced working as the head of the Dispute Resolution Directorate in the Department of Health where he acquired extensive experience in managing disputes and hearings. Feizal has specialist expertise in managing sexual harassment cases and forensic investigations.

Guy Bloch

B.Bus.Science (Hons)

Guy is a senior CCMA Commissioner and a panelist with various bargaining councils. Guy has a background in HR and ER within the private health sector where he was hands on and managed a range of labour relations challenges and conflicts within the workplace.

Janine Carelse

LLB & Admitted Attorney

Janine is an admitted attorney, a part-time Commissioner at the CCMA and a panelist on various bargaining councils. Janine has served as a presiding officer in disciplinary hearings for the Department of Education and in the private sector. Janine has a special interest in conducting investigations.

Lameesah Jooma

Accredited CCMA Commissioner

Lameesah is a Commissioner of the CCMA and currently serves on several Bargaining Councils. Lameesah’s back round is in the HR, Training and Development disciplines which she applied within the Maritime and Road Passenger Service industries.

Lillian Rachael Goredema

BL & LLB

Lillian spent many years in litigation and is an admitted attorney and ran how our law firm during this time. She has served as a Proctor at the UWC and subsequently a Legal Counsellor at the UCT. Lillian currently serves as a commissioner at the CCMA and as a panelist at several public and private sector Bargaining Councils.

Maney Stellenboom

LLB (UWC), LLM Labour Law (UCT)

Maney is an admitted attorney and notary public and has 15+ years of experience in the employment law arena. His career spans from being head of legal at a construction and finance firm, to working as an employment law associate at Africa’s biggest law firm. Maney managed employee relations under the HR banner in multi-union higher education environments for many years, and still serves as an advisor to some of the stakeholders at previous firms. Specialist areas include misconduct enquiries, unfair dismissals, retrenchments, and mediation processes.

Marieke Van Rooyen

BA, LLB & LLM

Marieke is a practising attorney of many years experience with an initial focus on International Commercial Arbitration, Constitutional Law and Labour Law. She is a Senior Commissioner of the CCMA and has specialist interest in discrimination matters, including sexual harassment. She is adept at chairing disciplinary enquiries, mediating or arbitrating.

Melwyn Nash

B.Iuris, LLB

Melwyn is a practicing attorney and serves as a part time Commissioner at the CCMA and on various Bargaining Council. Melwyn is a consummate mediator and arbitrator and has presided over countless disciplinary inquiries within the workplace. Melwyn has a specialist skill in conducting forensic investigations within the commercial sphere.

Michael Mpumelelo Marawu

Michael is a Part-time Commissioner CCMA and serves as a panelist on various bargaining councils where he has honed his skills as an arbitrator. He has presided as chairperson of disciplinary hearings within several sectors and has a early history in HR. Michael is a specialist mediator, facilitator and trainer and is comfortable managing any multi stakeholder process.

Miles Hartford

BA (Hons) Industrial Sociology

Miles has served as a Senior Commissioner of the CCMA and is a seasoned mediator, facilitator, trainer and strategist. Miles is adept at working in multi stakeholder environments and has facilitated many RBI processes across a broad spectrum of industries and sectors. Miles is a founding member of IR Change.

Orlando Moses

BA & LLB

Orlando is an admitted attorney, a part time Commissioner of the CCMA and has served on various Bargaining Councils. Orlando has a history in Labour Relations within the public service and has initiated and chaired disciplinary hearings for Provincial Government as well as preparing and providing legal opinion to Departments within the Province.

Piet Van Staden

Bjuris, LLB, LLM & Post Graduate Diploma in Labour Law

Piet is a part time Senior Commissioner of the CCMA and is highly experienced having served since the days of CCMA inception. Piet is a seasoned arbitrator, enquiry chairperson, investigator and trainer and has co-authored the book Labour Law Through the Cases.

Reza Slamang

Attorney of the High Court (RSA), Specialist in Employment & Labour Law|Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) & CCMA Commissioner (part-time)

Reza is a practising attorney, a part-time CCMA Commissioner and currently serves on both private and public sector Bargaining Councils. Riza has worked in a senior human resources capacity financial services sector and within the City where he managed complex investigations, hearings, performance management and collective bargaining.

Sarah Christie

BA (Hons) LLB

Sarah is a former senior Commissioner of the CCMA and attorney on the non-practicing roll. Sarah is a highly experienced arbitrator and chairperson of inquiries at the workplace and has worked for for many decades in these capacities within the CCMA and the workplace.

Sean Goldschmidt

BA (Hons)

Sean is a seasoned part time CCMA Commissioner and a panelist with various bargaining councils. Shawn has both a labour and management background and is adept at arbitrating cases and chairing workplace disciplinary hearings. He is also an experience trainer of courses related to the LRA.

Ursula Bulbring

BA & LLB

Ursula is an admitted attorney and has served as a senior Commissioner of the CCMA for many years. Ursula is a highly experienced arbitrator and chairperson of workplace enquiries having developed specialist skill in the areas of severance pay, organisational rights, interpretation of collective agreements, demarcation and unfair labour practices disputes.

Winnie Everett

BA LLB & Labour Relations Development Programme

Winnie is a part-time Senior Commissioner of the CCMA. Winnie has been a commissioner since inception of the CCMA and she has vast experience as a mediator, arbitrator, trainer and facilitator. Winnie has also acted as a judge of the Labour Court of South Africa and she is co-author of two books: Labour Law Through the Cases and The Conciliation and Arbitration Handbook, both published by LexisNexis. Winnie has specialist knowledge in unfair dismissals, discrimination, including sexual harassment, and retrenchment matters.