Rethabile Seema

Meraki currently has a two programs runnning, namely 'How to be a responsible digital citizen' and 'How to tackle cyber-bully'. These programmes have been built to aid society on how to best navigate and participate on social media platforms.

Meraki has been invited by Miss SA on two occasion to present the above to their respective nominees, Meraki has also been invited by other organisations like Play Your Part and schools too.

• Conducting legal research;
• Negotiating, reviewing and drafting of various commercial agreements;
• Drafting legal opinions;
• Drafting notices and pleadings;
• Briefing Counsel;
• Due diligence of various transactions;
• Drafting company foundational transactions;
• Administrative law advice;
• Corporate governance, company law, banking and finance; and
• Taking instructions and consultations with clients.

POSITION: Candidate Attorney Year 1 DURATION: 2019 - 2020
DUTIES: Corporate Commercial Department:
• Conducting legal research;
• Negotiating, reviewing and drafting of various commercial agreements;
• Drafting legal opinions;
• Due diligence of various transactions;
• Drafting company foundational documentation;
• Administration law advice;
• Corporate governance, company law, PFMA, procurement and public sector legal advice; and
• Empowerment ventures

POSITION: Candidate Attorney Year 2
DATE: 2020 - 2021
DUTIES: Commercial Litigation Department:
• Taking instructions and consultations with clients
• Conducting litigious related legal research;
• Drafting legal opinions, documentation, notices and pleadings;

• Conducting due diligence of various entities (civil and criminal legal investigations);
• Briefing Counsel; and
• Noting judgements.

• Review, development and implementation, subject to the policies and governance procedures of the IIE, of the curriculum, syllabus and material development of those designated modules or programmes.
• Aspects of faculty administration.
• Establishment and maintenance of effective interaction between the faculty and the brands.
• Identify and monitor programme developers including briefing and the quality assurance of their work.
• Tracking of student’s performance, in cooperation with trading division national offices, in designated programmes and modules, including planning and monitoring of interventions that may be required to address problems.
• Participate in, and contribute to, the IIE’s/faculty’s activities, especially its seminars and workshops.
• Participation in key governance structures and committees as may be required from me to me.

• (Main areas focus of being commercial law, labour law and social security)
• Preparing and delivering lectures in the above areas of expertise including commercial law;
• Administering and grading examinations and semester tests;
• Conducting research focused mainly on social security and labour law;
• Extensive legislative focused researching, writing and presenting projects;
• Publishing legal articles;
• The latest article titled “Social Security Benefits in South Africa: Towards Legislative Reform Concerning Posthumously Conceived Children” was published in the Obiter legal journal Vol 38 2017.

• Develop and implement an effective legal compliance programme;
• Create sound internal controls and monitor adherence to them;
• Draft and revise company policies;
• Proactively audit processes, practices and documents to identify weaknesses;
• Evaluate business activities to assess compliance risk;
• Collaborate with external auditors and HR when needed;
• Set plans to manage a crisis or compliance violation;
• Educate and train employees on regulations and industry practices;
• Address employee concerns or ques ons on legal compliance; and
• Keep abreast of internal standards and business goals.