S3E1 - Sharon Msiza, Maritime Law attorney

Send in a voice message with your feedback regarding this episode and you could be featured on the next episode as our young student/professional: https://anchor.fm/tebello-motshwane/message ———————————————— Sharon Msiza is currently employed as an Associate at Prinsloo Incorporated where she specializes in Maritime Transport, Shipping and Logistics, Corporate commercial, and Commercial Dispute Resolution. She obtained her LLB (with distinction) from the University of Witwatersrand, as well as a LLM in Shipping Law from the University of Cape Town. Sharon completed here articles at Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs (“ENS”) in their Shipping and Logistics department, as well as their Dispute Resolution department. Her professional experience includes being involved in various shipping and admiralty law matters including, clearing & forwarding disputes, contracts of carriage of goods by sea, collisions, casualty investigations, pollution disputes, ship arrest, cargo and other protection and indemnity disputes. Sharon also acquired exposure into both national and international legislative frameworks regulating the maritime industry through practice as well as through engaging with various maritime stakeholders including the Department of Transport, South African Maritime Safety Authority, Transnet Port Authority, and the Port Regulator of South Africa. Her experience also includes exposure into various corporate commercial law matters dealing with, amongst others, contractual disputes, companies’ legal compliance, drafting and reviewing contractual agreements as well as providing legal opinions on the provisions of various legislation, as well as general dispute resolution matters. In addition to her day job, Sharon writes articles on Maritime Law related topics and one of her articles were published in DeRebus (A South African Attorneys Journal) titled 'A turning of the tide: Exploring the impact of pollution in the shipping industry'. She has also contributed a chapter to a textbook on Ballast Water Management edited by Prof. Portia Ndlovu, a Professor of International Maritime Business at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, USA – the book is currently being finalised and will undergo the process of editing and publishing. You can follow and get in touch with Sharon on Instagram @msiza_sharon On today’s episode we are joined by a young student/professional who goes by the name Ntshepeng Mokoena. Ntshepeng was born and raised in the Vaal Triangle in Sebokeng. She is a Nurse by profession who is about to complete her LLB degree at the University of South Africa. She has a Diploma in General Nursing, Community, Midwifery and Psychiatry from Ann-Latsky Nursing College. Ntshepeng graduated Cum laude and hopes to do it again as she already has 27 distinctions out of the 29 modules I have completed for her LLB so far. Ntshepeng currently works as a billing and practice manager for an orthopaedic surgery practice. She is a wife and a mom to one amazing baby girl. —————————— Don’t forget to tag us on Instagram @sister_in_law_ and to leave a review on Apple podcast. Share this podcast with as many family and friends as possible and don’t forget to email your season 3 guest suggestions to advice@sisterinlaw.co.za I love hearing from you so please leave any reviews and other suggestions on the same email. Thank you for taking this journey with me. I hope season 3 continues to be a great platform of learning and spreading awareness of not only what happens in the legal industry, but in society and the globe as a whole. Visit our website on: www.sisterinlaw.co.za