For Women in Law

This month we speak to attorney, notary, and conveyancer, Gundo Nevhutanda. Gundo was born in Vondwe village in Limpopo and she qualified as an attorney after serving her articles in 2016. She simultaneously studied BCom (Law) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from 2010 to 2014 at the University of Pretoria and a t the tender age of 25, Gundo was named by the Law Society of the Northern Provinces as the youngest black female conveyancer to be admitted. She obtained her LLM in 2018 and she is currently a Ph.D. candidate and an associate in the Financial Regulatory practice at Webber Wentzel in Sandton, South Africa. Earlier this month Gundo earned a place among the 2019 Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans! Below is our interview with the phenomenal woman in law. FWIL: Tell us a little about yourself. (Background, career, interests) GN: My full names are Gundo Victoria Nevhutanda and I am the first of 4 children. I was born and raised in Vondwe, a village i...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmj-azFbpkA This morning, while having my cup of coffee and browsing through YouTube, I came across one of my favourite TED Talks  " My Year of Saying Yes to Everything" by Shonda Rhimes, who is the creator of Scandal, Grey's Anatomy, How to Get Away with Murder, and author of Year of Yes. I watched this Ted Talk last year and absolutely loved it.  I have always been a big fan of Shonda and her work as well as work ethic. In fact, I decided to get into her memoir as well - Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person. (The TED Talk is based on the book) In the Ted Talk, Shonda Rhimes shares about what really makes her the titan that she is and also gives the audience a glimpse into her life as a mother, who is also a businesswoman who makes over 70 hours of great television every season. She goes into how she had lost her Hum and how she found it again. Shonda further talks about ho...