S’lindile is a Senior Associate at Power & Associates.
Recent work.
Leading litigation in a matter seeking to review authorisations by the South African government permitting the sales of arms used in the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
Leading litigation seeking to ensure that environmental activists are allowed to engage in public participation processes with the City of Johannesburg.
Engaging in legal research on the state of information rights and online gender-based violence in Southern Africa.
Amplifying voices for change.
About S’lindile.
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S’lindile is a Senior Associate at Power & Associates and an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa. She completed her LL.B (with Distinction) at the University of the Witwatersrand (2018).
S’lindile’s background is in commercial litigation, dispute resolution, and public law. Prior to joining Power & Associates, S’lindile completed her articles at Adams and Adams, a commercial law and intellectual property law firm (2018–2019) and was subsequently appointed as an Associate (Designate) (2020) at the same firm. S’lindile is also currently a Senior Associate at ALT Advisory (2021-).
S’lindile’s work focuses on constitutional and administrative law, equality, inclusion, and child law, and public international and regional law. She is particularly interested in contributing to the protection of women and children — both on- and offline — as well as understanding and improving the quality of education policy in South Africa.
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- Attorney of the High Court of South Africa, admitted on 25 February 2021.
- Member of the Legal Practice Council (Membership Number: 50245).
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- LL.B. (with Distinction) (University of the Witwatersrand).
- Certificate in Human Rights Advocacy and Litigation (University of the Witwatersrand).
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- S’lindile Khumalo and Christy Chitengu, South Africa country report for “Londa Digital Rights and Inclusion in Africa Report” Paradigm Initiative (2023)
- S’lindile Khumalo, Namibia country report for “Londa Digital Rights and Inclusion in Africa Report” Paradigm Initiative (2023)
- Lead author, “Draft Namibian Digital Rights Declaration“, (September 2022) IPPR.
- Lead author, “The Digital Rights Landscape in Southern Africa“, (August 2022) Centre for Human Rights
- Presentation on “Where law and technology meet”, Southern Africa sub-Regional Forum on Artificial Intelligence hosted by UNESCO (2022)
- Presentation on “The role of AI in the fight against GBV”, hosted by Mozilla Festival (2021).
- Presentation on “Legal framework on privacy”, Right to Privacy MOOC, hosted by the University of Pretoria’s Centre for Human Rights (2021).
- S’lindile Khumalo, Wendy Trott and Michael Power, ‘Democracy 2.0: Digital Voting Systems,’ (2021).