PAT MKHIZE

Senior Fellow – South Africa

Mr. Pat Mkhize LL.B, LL.M is the founder, director and principal mediator of the Mandulo Foundation, a nonprofit organization he established in 2009 that focuses on community development and access to justice initiatives.

About Pat Mkhize

Mr. Pat Mkhize LL.B, LL.M. is the founder, director and principal mediator of the Mandulo Foundation, a nonprofit organization he established in 2009 that focuses on community development and access to justice initiatives. The Mandulo Foundation is an accredited court-annexed mediation program provider and, as the foundation’s principal trainer, Mr. Mkhize is certified to provide training for court-annexed mediators. In addition, he is the founder of Community Conflict Management and Resolution (CCMR) (1992-2007) where he previously served as director and principal mediation trainer. CCMR is an organization providing negotiation and mediation training to underserved rural leaders and youth to help empower their efforts to resolve disputes out of court.

In 2009, Mr. Mkhize was also appointed part-time Commissioner of the Cultural, Religious, and Linguistic Rights Commission, where he served as Chair of the Investigation and Conflict Resolution Committee.

Mr. Mkhize is a co-founder of the South African Mediators Association in family matters and has served as a consultant to the Ministry of Justice to support the introduction of court-annexed mediation pilot projects. In 1996, Mr. Mkhize was appointed to serve as a victim/offender facilitator by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He has provided mediation training to lawyers, educators, psychologists and social workers and was invited by the South African Law Reform Commission to provide input on the introduction of mandatory mediation and mediator accreditation, among other topics.

Mr. Mkhize received an ADR Fellowship to the Gould Program on Negotiation and Mediation at Stanford Law School and trained at the Straus institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law. In 2014, he became a Senior Fellow of the Weinstein International Foundation and recipient of a Weinstein JAMS International Fellowship.

Litigation Practice

Mr. Mkhize was admitted as a qualified lawyer by the Natal Provincial Supreme Court Division in 1999. Prior to being admitted, Mr. Mkhize was employed as the legal advisor at Industrial Development Corporation, a development finance company focused on establishing CCMR.

From 2001-2005, Mr. Mkhize was partner at Mkhize Le Loux Attorneys, where he focused on developmental law and specialized in mediation.

Mediation Practice

Founder, director and principal mediator of the Mandulo Foundation, a nonprofit organization that focuses on community development and access to justice initiatives, 2009
Founder, director and principal mediation trainer of Community Conflict Management and Resolution (CCMR), 1993-2001
Founder and Director of MAAFRICA Consulting, a consultancy focused on offering mediation and training services to the professional, community and private sectors, 1997-2008

ADR Achievements and Training

ADR Achievements

Educational Opportunities Council Scholarship Recipient, Research in ADR, Stanford University, Career Development Fellow, 1989-1990
Member of committee under The Goldstone Commission of Enquiry that investigated Public Violence in the Gauteng Province, 1991-1992
Founding member of the South African Association of Family Mediators, 1992
Member of the Independent Electoral Commission Conflict Resolution Team, 1999
Contributed to drafting of the court rules for Court-Connected Mediation, 2011-2012
Facilitated the establishment of the Global Youth Safety and Development Association, 2013

ADR Training

Divorce Mediation Training, Gary Friedman Inc., San Francisco, CA, 1989
Family Mediation Training, Lemmon Mediation Institute, Oakland, CA, 1990
Mediation and Confliction Resolution Training, Robert Mnookin: Stanford University, 1990

ADR Teaching and Mentoring

Serves as The Mandulo Foundation’s Principal Trainer and provides trainings for court-annexed mediators
Served as the Principal Trainer for Community Conflict Management and Resolution (CCMR)
Member of the Council of the University of Durban Westville, 2001-2003
Member of the Council of the Durban School of Technology, 2005

Publications and Educational Qualifications

Publications

“Conflict Resolution: An African Style”, Family and Conciliation Courts Review, 1990
“Family Mediation: An Old Family Practice Dressed Up as New”, SAAM, 1992
“Mediation a Tool to Facilitate Integration in a Changing South Africa”, Human Science Research Council, 1994

Educational Qualifications

B Proc. Degree (Natal University – 1986)
LLB Degree (University of Zululand – 1989)
LLM (in ADR field) (University of Durban Westville- 1998)