President and Vice-Presidents

From left: Joanne Anthony-Gooden (Vice-President), Nkosana Francois Mvundlela (President) and Machini Motloung (Vice-President).

Nkosana Francois Mvundlela is an attorney and director at Mvundlela & Associates in Thohoyandou. Mr Mvundlela is the current President of the Black Lawyers Association.

On completion of his studies, he enlisted articles of clerkship with the firm: Legal Aid Board (now Legal Aid SA), Thohoyandou Justice Centre. And upon completion of his clerkship, he got admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa on 13th May 2004, and immediately thereafter opened the private legal practice/firm of Attorneys: Mvundlela & Associates as a sole proprietor.

Machini Motloung is an attorney, legal thought leader and director at Machini Motloung Inc Attorneys. Mr Motloung holds a B Proc from the University of Durban and a Masters in Human Rights (Mini Dissertation Outstanding) from the University of the Free State.

Mr Motloung has 24 years of experience in public and private practice. In 2001, was admitted as an Attorney of the High Court and earned the Right of Appearance in the High Court by 2004. He also became an Associate Legal Auditor with Legal Aid South Africa in 2015 and is the Deputy President of NADEL. 

Joanne Anthony-Gooden is an attorney and director at Anthony-Gooden Inc in Port Elizabeth. Ms Anthony-Gooden holds the BJuris and LLB degrees from the University of Port Elizabeth.

Ms Anthony-Gooden was admitted as an attorney in 1999. She has been a member of the LSSA House of Constituents since 2019. Since 2003, Ms Anthony-Gooden has been an Executive Council member of the Attorneys Association of South Eastern Cape, as well as being on the Executive Council of the South Eastern Cape Dispute Resolution Association. From March 2010 Ms Anthony-Gooden has been on the Executive Committee of SEDRA, she is also a Lecturer for the Legal Education and Development arm of the LSSA. From 2010 to date, she has been the Executive Member of Yokuselo Haven for abused women and children. She is also the Eastern Cape counsellor for Port Elizabeth on the Eastern Cape Legal Practice Council and also a Member of the Family Law Committee of the LSSA and on the Eastern Cape chapter of the LSSA Executive Committee.