About us

Who we are

Makhavhu Attorneys is a law firm with offices located in Pretoria, Gauteng. Founded by Managing Director, Avhaathu Makhavhu, the company is 100% black-owned and managed.

2015

Established

Established in 2015, Makhavhu Attorneys is growing its practice into a dynamic legal advisory and service delivery firm. Based on valuable insight gained over years of experience, our medium-sized firm has an in-depth understanding of the complexities of the constitutional democracy and the ever-changing commercial environment in South Africa.

Today

Who we are

Makhavhu Attorneys is a medium-sized firm that offers a personal relationship with clients. Our clients trust us to always look out for and act in their best interests. Our personalised offering is realised through our leadership, attorneys and administrators who are always there to assist.

Approach

Client performance strategy

To ensure that we maintain and build this record of success, we follow a client performance strategy that enables us to act proactively and improve results while also managing any potential issues in advance. This client-oriented approach with personalised quality is what sets us apart – it's what drives us to meet and often exceed our clients' expectations.

Promise

We make time for you

We make time for you, our clients. From the very first engagement, our focus is on building long-term relationships. We listen to understand with the ultimate purpose to assist you in achieving your objectives as efficiently as possible while minimising legal and regulatory risks.

Future

Future outlook

Makhavhu Attorneys is focused on becoming the preferred legal service provider in its fields of expertise, serving clients who are increasingly looking for reliability, integrity and justice with positive lawful results. Through service excellence that finds definition grounded in efficient, expedient and consistent quality and prompt delivery; Makhavhu Attorneys goes the extra mile to create real value for its clients and stakeholders. We continue to grow through creativity and innovation while remaining committed to upholding high moral standards and ethical conduct in everything we do.

Our mission

To achieve expedient lawful results through our commitment to service excellence – underpinned by efficiency, consistent and prompt delivery.

Our vision

Makhavhu Attorneys strives to be the preferred and most trusted legal services provider in our fields of expertise.

“Your legal experts with exceptional insight and personalised quality.”

Our leadership

The Team

Managing Director

Avhaathu Makhavhu

Avhaathu was admitted as an attorney in 2015, and he founded Makhavhu Attorneys in the same year. He has served as a managing director of the firm and has been central in its leadership and vision.

He has extensive experience in General, Civil and Criminal litigation and leads the firm's Third-Party, Commercial, Employment Law business units. Avhaathu recently completed a course in Labour Law and is currently studying Corporate Law with the University of South Africa (UNISA).

Tshifiwa Makhavhu

Professional Assistant

After obtaining her LLB degree from the University of Limpopo, Tshifiwa was admitted as an attorney in 2015. She further completed her advanced certificate in Insolvency Law & Practice, and a course from LEAD on medical Law. Tshifiwa manages the estates, insolvency, family law and employment law business units.

Koketso Marobola

Candidate Attorney

Koketso earned her LLB degree from the University of Limpopo in 2019 and completed her practical legal training in 2021. As a passionate law practitioner, she brings a fresh perspective to the team. With experience in civil litigation and Road Accident Fund matters, she is currently serving her articles with our firm.

Dineo Molefe

Legal Secretary

Dineo heads up the firm's Caselines and Court online systems. She obtained her National Diploma in Financial Management in 2015. She brings efficiency and a strong professional standard to the practice. Dineo works closely with the MD in the procurement department and she recently obtained her Higher Certificate in Law.

Rhandzo Baloyi

Office Administrator

Rhandzo is an office administrator at Makhavhu Attorneys with a National Diploma in HRM from TUT. She joined our team early 2022. Rhandzo recently completed a course in Legal Secretary with LEAD.

Velaphi Mmelakamnisi

Support Staff

Aifheli Phuluwa

Support Staff

Company values

Our values are our true north and guide. We rely on them in our conduct, how we manage our operations and the manner in which we interact with our clients.

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Governance

Makhavhu Attorneys' governance structure is one of our pillars of strength that enables us to create value for our clients and stakeholders. As a medium-sized legal firm, we understand the importance and future benefits of proper management and direction to ensure business continuity, especially in this competitive industry. We manage and guide our business by focusing on three main aspects, namely Intellectual Capital, Partnerships and Compensation.

Intellectual Capital

One of our firm's main assets is our Intellectual Capital. The experience, expertise, know-how, and intellect we bring to our clients' businesses are strong differentiators and value sources.

We have systems and processes that allow us to maintain, build and easily access our knowledge repository.

Partnerships

Our Partnerships are critical to the success of our firm. Governing these relationships and the effectiveness thereof, we have Partnership Agreements that focus strongly on productivity.

We believe in openness and fairness between our firm and partners. Our fairness is further emphasised by our core belief in mutual Agreements that focus strongly on effectiveness and productivity. It also addresses all matters pertaining to unproductivity through procedures that deal fairly between our firm and individuals involved.

Compensation

Driving internal efficiency and productivity, we believe in a fair partner and employee compensation system.

We understand that compensation is both reflective and determinate of a firm's culture and the importance thereof to a firm's future success. Although we are relatively small, we have a proper compensation system.