Tshidiso Ramogale

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Tshidiso Ramogale
Bornc. 1992
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Tshidiso Ramogale (born c. 1992) is a South African advocate. He is known for his work in social justice.

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Early life and education

Ramogale is from Johannesburg. He has an older sister. [1] He graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand in 2014 with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB); Ramogale is the first member of his family to graduate from university. He went on to complete a Master of Laws (LLM) in International Law and Legal Studies at Harvard Law School in 2017. [2] [3]

Career

In 2014, Ramogale appeared on the Mail & Guardian's 2014 list of 200 Young South Africans. [4] [5] Prior to studying at Harvard, Ramogale was a legal officer at the South African Human Rights Commission and a law clerk to judge Sisi Khampepe. [6] He founded the nonprofit organisation Change SA, which helps young South Africans become social entrepreneurs, and is an Allan Gray fellow. [7]

Upon returning to South Africa after graduating from Harvard in 2017, Ramogale became an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa. He was also briefly a sessional lecturer at his alma mater Wits University and joined the Johannesburg Society of Advocates. [8] In 2019, Ramogale was called to the Pan African Bar Association of South Africa.

Notable cases

In 2021 and 2022, Ramogale successfully provided legal counsel to the late rapper Kiernan Forbes (AKA) in Forbes' battle with Makhuducom Media for ownership of The Brai Show [9] and to AmaBhungane with Steven Budlender. [10] [11]

In January 2024, Ramogale appeared in the Hague as a member of the legal team representing South Africa's proceedings accusing Israel of genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Young Minds: Interview With Tshidiso Ramogale". Youth Village. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  2. ↑ Baxter, Jenni (14 July 2017). "Joburg Student, 1st Ever to Graduate in His Family, Gets Masters from Harvard Law School". SA People News. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  3. ↑ Tyler Leigh Vivier (14 July 2017). "Inspiring story of a South African Harvard student, the first in his family to graduate University". Good Things Guy. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "200 South Africans: Civil Society" (PDF). Mail & Guardian. 2014. p. 11. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  5. ↑ Dludla, Nqobile (8 August 2014). "Witsies top 'Young South Africans' list" . Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  6. ↑ Ramogale, Tshidiso (4 November 2021). "Sisi Khampepe - A reflection". Judges Matter. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  7. ↑ PrivateLabel (16 June 2016). "Higher Education: Young South Africans to be proud of". University of Oxford Press (ZA). Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Tshidiso Ramogale". Group 621. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2024.[ dead link ]
  9. ↑ Banda, Clive (14 March 2022). "AKA Reacts To Winning 'The Braai Show' Ownership Court Case". SA Hip Hop Mag. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  10. ↑ Rabkin, Franny (20 July 2021). "Should the public have access to CR17 campaign bank records? High court to hand down judgment". Times Live. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "AmaBhungane victorious in its fight for transparency of private donations to political campaigns". Webber Wentzel. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  12. ↑ Kgosana, Rorisang (5 January 2024). "The 'A-team' lawyers representing South Africa at the world court against Israel". Times Live. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
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