Unathi Malunga

Unathi Malunga is a fulbright scholar with an LLM from UCLA, Unathi’s work has been in the creative industries (she has worked as an Entertainment Lawyer then as a Creative Industries Consultant) and has spanned across a variety of platforms and territories leading to a full understanding of various media platforms and their most effective uses. Having moved from Deneys Reitz (now Norton Rose Fulbright) her work has not only covered the whole gambit of the creative and content industries: film, television broadcasting, music, visual arts, publishing (including web), theatre, dance, live events, sport etc., but has further incorporated many diverse aspects such as education, sponsorship funding, rights strategies, trade exchanges, licensing programmes, product placement, drafting, negotiation and project management. She has, moreover, been involved in running Legacy Programmes – structured training and learning project-specific programmes for the disadvantaged.

Whether Unathi Malunga is speaking at a World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) Seminar, or rendering commercial or production legals for the African Union, AFCON or 2010 FIFA World Cup Ceremonies, working on the Lion King Theatrical or international co-productions motion pictures such as Blood Diamond, she displayed her diverse skills and expertise.

Unathi’s experience in diplomatically negotiating international agreements, promoting South Africa has provided her with an ability to understand, respect the practices, customs and values of other individuals and cultures as well as the ability to see diversity as beneficial to any relationship and organisation.

As Head of Operations Unathi will develop the NFVF’s overall operations strategy; oversee the implementation of the strategy for the department, with special emphasis on Human Resources, Compliance and Research, Quality Assurance, IT and Auxiliary Services and Facilities management of the NFVF