For Pricilla Muleya-Tshinetise, a candidate attorney from Dovheni village under the Mulenzhe Tribal Council, the sky has become the limit. She was recently admitted as attorney of the High Court of South Africa after she had served and completed her articles through Mphaphuli Mudzunga Tshinetise Attorneys in Thohoyandou P East.
Muleya-Tshinetise (28) told the media that she had been excited beyond words when the bench of three judges, Judges Legodi Phatudi, Nare Frans Kgomo and Thogomelani Tshidada, had admitted her as attorney. This means that she is now able to practice law on her own, without the supervision of her principal and mentor, attorney Shane Mudzunga.
"I was super excited! I have achieved the most important goal of my life, and now I can plan my way forward in my career. My dream is to establish my own law practice," said Muleya-Tshinetise.
The young attorney was advised by the judges of the Limpopo High Court in Thohoyandou to follow the correct procedures and first get approval from the Legal Practitioner Council before she starts practicing under her own name.
Muleya-Tshinetise matriculated from the Muthuhadini Combined School in Mpheni village, near Elim, in 2012. The following year (2013), she enrolled for her LLB degree at the University of Venda (Univen), from where she graduated in May 2017.
"After my graduation, I volunteered to do my articles through Mphaphuli Mudzunga Tshinetise Attorneys, which I completed in August 2021," she said.
Mudzunga said that mentoring Muleya-Tshinetise had been a long journey. "We trained her for almost two years at Mphaphuli Mudzunga Tshinetise Attorneys, but she was one of the most hardworking and dedicated people I have ever trained. I'm very satisfied with her work, and hope she makes a big mark in the law profession," he said.