Zekhethelo Cele | Richards Bay, South Africa
B. Laws (Bachelor of Laws) - University of Zululand, South Africa
Previous experience
My professional experience began at ProBono.Org as a volunteer which led me to being their paralegal and legal intern at their Durban and Cape Town offices, respectively. Soon after passing my attorney admission board exams in 2016/17, I started working as a paralegal intern for the National Assembly: Parliament of South Africa for a year where I gained knowledge in public system policy and constitutional development., which allowed me to work as a legal intern briefly at the King Cetshwayo District Municipality, however, my passion for human rights litigation and immigration law stayed with me and i changed course and started working as a candidate attorney for Lawyers for Human Rights, Durban Law clinic in 2018 after which they retained me as their clinic attorney specializing in Refugee and Migrants Rights Program and Penal Reform/Immigration Detention Program which I am very passionate about.
Academic fields of interest:
Advancement of Human Rights in Africa, Immigration Law, Penal Reform, International Human Rights Law with a specific focus to forced migration and Refugees.
Position prior to the programme
Attorney at Lawyers for Human Rights
