Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane is a practising advocate and also a part-time in-counsel at the Centre for Applied Legal Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand. 

 

They are also a commissioner for the O’Neill-Lancet Commission on Racism, Structural Discrimination and Global Health

 

They obtained their LLB from Stellenbosch University. After University, they served articles and later become an associate at Bowman Gilfillan Inc. In July 2016, they served as a law clerk for Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga at theConstitutional Court of South Africa.

 

They obtained the Sonke/UCLA Health & Human Rights Fellowship in 2017/2018 and completed a Masters in Law specialising Public Interest Law and Policy and Critical Race Studies (summa cum laude) .

 

In 2017, they started a literary podcast, The Cheeky Natives, which  primarily focuses on the review, curatorship and archiving of Black literature.  The podcast as seen the likes of Prof Kimberlé Crenshaw, Mona Eltahawy, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, Darnell L. Moore, Robert Jones Jr and many more. 

 

They were named one of the top 200 Young South Africans in 2018. 

 

In 2022, they formed part of the judging panel for the AKO CAINE PRIZE FOR AFRICAN WRITING

 

They have worked on a number of constitutional cases. This includes an amicus intervention at the Constitutional Court, arguing cost orders against victims and survivors of gender-based violence contribute to a culture of silence.  They have also worked on matters  before the Western Cape High Court and the Malawi Constitutional Court dealing with survivors’ rights to freedom of expression and the criminalisation of consensual sex between minors respectively.

Catch up on Letlhogonolo’s podcast Cheeky Natives here: https://open.spotify.com/show/4dv8VfJ5OoSiMIsSnWxDng?si=w750n8XwQuCfytVlVdhn7Q