Siile Matela read for his first two degrees;
B.Proc and LLB, at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. His third degree, an LLM in Public Law, was obtained from the University of South Africa. Mr. Matela’s professional interest areas include Personal Injury, Property, Constitutional and Administrative law, Family law, Legislative Drafting, aspects of Labour law and Commercial Contracts. He remembers with fondness his role as one of the midwives to the new dispensation when South Africans of all races voted together for the first time six years before the end of the last century. He is involved in the firm’s Civil Litigation Department in all courts. Mr. Matela has also lectured Law at Vista University’s Bloemfontein and Soweto Campuses where he taught Municipal Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law as well as Interpretation of Statutes. He still has a strong academic streak in him and has published works on Language in Court and the Constitutional Court. He was a member of the International Society of Family Law for three years and retains his links with many academics that have often referred work intended for publication to him as a referee.Particularly passionate about interior designing and decorating, he shares the firm’s challenging Human Resources portfolio with Mr. Sibanyoni.

E-Mail: siile@frpinc.co.za