Nomfundo Gobodo

Ms Nomfundo Gobodo was appointed Chief Land Claims Commissioner in 2012. She holds a B Proc degree from the University of Kwazulu-Natal, an LLM law degree from the University of the Western Cape, a Master in Business Management from Oral Roberts University in the United States, the Diploma in Advanced Labour Law from the University of South Africa. She completed the Programme in Housing Policy Development and Management at at the University of the Witswatersrand.

She is a qualified attorney with 14 years’ experience, having worked as an attorney at the Legal Resources Centre in Johannesburg and Durban and as the Director of the Legal Resources Centre from September 2008. Ms Gobodo has worked with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development in the Chief Directorate: Vulnerable Groups. She has worked on land issues, customary law, housing, non-profit organisation support and access to justice and children’s rights matters.

Ms Gobodo has a keen interest in Human Rights law, having worked for the Human Rights Commission and Community Law Centre at the University of Cape Town as a legal researcher. She has also served as the acting chairperson of the Arbitration Panel in the Department of Social Development; chief directorate: Non Profit Organisations.