About Us
ADR Clinic is a wholly black owned company that specialises in resolving disputes, legal advice and training. The company was established in 2012 with CEO, Solomzi Mmemezi, at the helm. ADR Clinic is a level 1 BEE rated enterprise.
Solomzi’s vision has always been to make ADR services available to more people by providing a cost effective and efficient resolution to disputes.
ADR Clinic has over 50 dispute resolution specialists and accredited trainers with backgrounds in law, human resources and industrial relations. They are available in all major cities in South Africa.
The ADR Clinic Board oversees the running of the business in line with the best practices of corporate governance.
Our Vision
We lead by providing superior quality, cost effective services in dispute resolution, legal advice and specialised training.
Our Values
- Honesty and integrity
- Mutual trust and respect
- Good corporate governance
- Professional independence
The Board
SOLOMZI MMEMEZI
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Qualifications:
Bcom in Banking Management (Milpark Business
School),
NQF level 4 in Project
Management (Services Seta),
Advanced Management
Programme –MAP (Wits Business School), Labour Dispute Resolution Practise (CCMA & WITS LAW SCHOOL)
Areas of specialization:
Mediation ,facilitation , disciplinary & grievance hearings, verification & election processes, Administration and project management of disputes, ADR process design
Brief Profile:
Solomzi has worked in ADR for over 12 years. He has successfully mediated commercial, property and family disputes and has worked with
various Bargaining Councils and other dispute
resolution projects.
Solomzi is an internationally accredited
commercial and civil mediator by the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution in the United
Kingdom and the Africa Center for Dispute
Settlement.
MICHELLE GOVENDER
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Qualifications:
BA (Univ Natal),
LLB (Univ Natal),
LLM (Univ Natal),
LLM (Univ Toronto),
Certification in Arbitration (Assoc of Arbitrators)
Areas of specialisation:
Legal and other writing
Legal advice
Brief Profile:
Michelle is a non-practicing attorney, with
experience in human rights litigation, and labour.
She has been involved in various sectors and has
wide experience in legal research, and writing.
Michelle is an accredited arbitrator with the
Association of Arbitrators.
MZU MTHOMBENI
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Qualifications:
B Proc (Zululand),
LLB (Natal),
LLM (London),
LLM (Columbia),
PDL (RAU)
Areas of specialisation:
Commercial and Labour Law mediation,
arbitration, investigation , facilitation and
training.
Brief Profile:
Mzu is currently an advocate practicing at the
Johannesburg Bar. He was a senior researcher at UNISA and lectured in commercial and labour law at Vista University, Soweto where he was an Associate Professor. He also practised as an attorney before joining the Bar. Mzu has acted as a judge of the Labour Court.
He is an accredited mediator, facilitator, trainer and arbitrator. He is an International Labour Organisation accredited trainer.