Litigation | Legal Costing | Personal Injury

Mduzulwana Attorneys Inc

Proving a fresh take on legal business

Full-service litigation, personal injury, RAF claims, and legal costs consulting — serving clients across all nine provinces from Hatfield, Pretoria.

Mduzulwana Attorneys Inc

Director

Zakhele Vusumzi Mduzulwana

Mduzulwana Attorneys Inc

0+ Years of Practice
Level 1 B-BBEE Contributor
100% Black-Owned
0 Provinces Served
Law Society of South Africa Legal Practice Council Pretoria Attorneys Association 100% Black-Owned Entity Level 1 B-BBEE Contributor
Who We Are

Ultramodern Full-Service Law Firm

Mduzulwana Attorneys Inc is an ultramodern, full-service law firm founded in 2008 and based in Hatfield, Pretoria. The firm specialises in litigation, personal injury law, medical negligence, family law, commercial law, property law, insurance law, and legal costs.

We are a reliable, professional, innovative, and quality-oriented practice. Quality sits at the centre of our work. Clients trust our in-depth knowledge and our ability to resolve matters effectively — qualities that distinguish us in a competitive market.

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Expertise

Areas of Practice

Comprehensive legal services with particular strength in litigation, personal injury, and legal costs.

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Litigation

Representation in Magistrates' Courts and the High Court acting for plaintiffs, defendants, claimants, respondents, appellants, and petitioners.

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Personal Injury & Road Accident Fund Claims

Motor vehicle accidents, road accident claims, slip-and-fall, train, aviation, and related third-party injury claims.

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Medical Negligence

Claims arising from negligent medical treatment, supported by medical experts.

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Legal Costs Consulting

Our founder, Mr Zakhele V. Mduzulwana, is a legal costs expert with over 20 years' experience. He served as a Legal Costs Advisor at the RAF Menlyn branch, progressing from marking and settling/taxing Magistrates' Court party-and-party bills, quality assessment of settlements, to assessing panel attorneys' attorney-and-own-client bills on-site against file contents.

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Reported Matter

Viljoen and Another v Sheriff Pretoria South East and Others (Tammy Taylor Nails)

Gauteng High Court, Pretoria | 004922/2024 | [2025] ZAGPPHC 49 (21 January 2025)

Summary: Peet and Melany Viljoen, owners of the Tammy Taylor SA brand, sought an urgent stay of execution to prevent a sale in execution of attached movable property pending their rescission application against a judgment obtained by Mduzulwana Attorneys Inc for Tamara Mduzulwana. The underlying judgment concerned a Tammy Taylor Nails franchise sold under alleged false pretences, declared void under the Consumer Protection Act, with the Viljoens held jointly liable for R2,145,000.00. The matter attracted national media attention, including an eNCA report on the couple's beauty parlour dispute.

Outcome: Application dismissed with costs on Scale B — urgency self-created, lis pendens, non-joinder fatal, no Rule 45A stay.

Reported Matter

Road Accident Fund v Sheriff: East London and Others

Eastern Cape High Court, East London Circuit | 837/2024 | [2025] ZAECELLC 8; [2025] 4 All SA 212 (ECEL) (24 April 2025)

Summary: After Mduzulwana Attorneys Inc obtained a default judgment of R2,135,218.00 for clients in case 43630/2019, the Sheriff attached RAF movable property in East London. The RAF applied to set aside the attachment.

Outcome: RAF application dismissed with costs. Rule 45(5) requires a third-party surety of sufficient means.

Reported Matter

P.M obo O.M v Eskom Holdings Limited

Gauteng High Court, Pretoria | 29591/21 | [2023] ZAGPPHC 1127 (31 August 2023)

Summary: A minor child was catastrophically electrocuted by a live Eskom powerline while herding goats in Lady Frere. The firm instructed Adv W Binase for the plaintiff.

Outcome: Eskom held 100% liable under section 26 of the Electricity Act. Quantum postponed sine die. Costs to plaintiff.

"Our job is not just winning cases — it is lifting the burden of worry from our clients' shoulders."Mduzulwana Attorneys Inc
Our People

Meet the Team

Experienced attorneys, consultants, and support professionals dedicated to your mandate.

Zakhele Vusumzi Mduzulwana

Founder & Director | Attorney | Legal Costs Consultant

  • Over 20 years' experience in litigation, legal costs, and firm leadership.
  • Founded Mduzulwana Attorneys Inc in 2008, growing a national practice.
  • Former RAF Legal Costs Advisor; nationwide costs consulting since 2004.

Motlatso Lawrence Ramatshekgisa

Senior Manager | Consultant | Paralegal

  • Certificates in Wills, Estates, and Civil Litigation from SASOP.
  • Senior manager at Mduzulwana Attorneys Inc since January 2015.
  • Leads litigation support, legal research, drafting, and settlements.

Lesego Jerminah Ruth Maako

Attorney

  • Admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa (January 2026).
  • LLB (UNISA, 2023) and PLT from LEAD (2024).
  • Represents clients in Magistrates' Court and family law consultations.

Amukelani Precious Mashaba

Candidate Attorney

  • LLB from UNISA (2023); candidate attorney since October 2024.
  • Undertaking articles under Mr Zakhele V. Mduzulwana.
  • Drafts pleadings and notices for High Court and Magistrates' Court.

Matshediso Innocentia Motlanti

Receptionist & Secretary

  • Advanced Diploma in Business Administration (TUT, 2021).
  • With Mduzulwana Attorneys Inc since January 2017.
  • Manages reception, correspondence, billing, and administration.

Bonginkosi Comfort Sihlangu

Legal Costs Consultant

  • Legal Costs Certificate (LEAD, 2021); Higher Certificate in Law (UNISA).
  • Legal costs consultant with the firm since July 2021.
  • Manages CaseLines, Court Online, billing, and IT support.