Senior Manager: Commercial Legal (Fintech)  |  MTN South Africa”

Kabelo is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa with considerable commercial legal experience spanning manufacturing, central banking, FMCG, sales and marketing, metals processing and of late, mobile financial services legal practice. My academic qualifications are LLB (University of Limpopo), Certificate in Energy Law (Wits University), Post Graduate Diploma in Drafting and Interpretation of Contracts (University of Johannesburg), Certificate in Competition Law (University of Pretoria) and a Certificate in Drafting of Legislation (University of Pretoria).

Kabelo has previously served on the Board and Operating Committee of the erstwhile CLASA, as a member of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) CSI Committee, and as an alternative for the SARB General Counsel on the Board of SA Mint Company (a wholly owned subsidiary of SARB).

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

Governor’s Award for Individual Excellence, South African Reserve Bank                               2017/2018

Governor’s Award for Individual Excellence, South African Reserve Bank                               2012/2013

Chairman’s Award for Innovation and Team Excellence, Nestlé South Africa                          2008/2009

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

Senior Manager: Commercial Legal (Fintech), MTN South Africa                                                April 2020- present

Lead Legal Counsel, South African Reserve Bank Group                                                           Jul 2016-March 2020

Senior Legal Counsel, South African Reserve Bank Group                                                        Jan 2011- Jun 2016

Legal Advisor, Nestlé South Africa                                                                                               April 2009-Dec 2010

Assistant Legal Advisor, Nestlé South Africa                                                                               Feb 2008-March 2009

Candidate Attorney, Mervyn Taback Incorporated (Tabacks)                                                      Jan 2006- 13 Feb 2008

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Advised SARB on the 1^st phase of its investigation into the feasibility of issuing digital currency as official legal tender in South Africa (in-house)

Advised SARB on a third-party listing of Krugerrand backed electronically traded bond in Germany (in-house)

Advised SA Mint Company on the acquisition of the Krugerrand bullion business from Rand Refinery (in-house)

Participated in commission of enquiry into the affairs leading to the curatorship of African Bank (secondment)

Advised Nestlé on the set up and launch of its first breakfast cereal business in South Africa (in-house)