Telephone: 031 260 2562
Email: MagauP@ukzn.ac.za
Campus: Howard College
Building & Room: Howard College Building – Suite A, Room 107
Biography
Dr Phemelo Magau is a Lecturer in the School of Law. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Master of Laws (LLM) with Mercantile Law and Doctor of Laws (LLD) with Mercantile Law from the North-West University (NWU). He has the record of being one of the young black South Africans to complete his LLD in two years at the age of 25 years.
Before joining the University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Law in July 2021, Dr Magau served as an Academic Assistant and later on as a Lecturer between 2019 and 2021 at the NWU. As an emerging academic, Dr Magau is very passionate about pursuing his lifetime career in academia, with a specific focus on mercantile law and related aspects. This is evident from, among others, an emerging track record of publications and postgraduate supervision on his name as well as his active involvement in most vibrant academic platforms, including conferences.
Academic Qualifications
- Bachelor of Laws – LLB (NWU)
- Master of Laws – LLM with Mercantile Law (NWU)
- Doctor of Laws – LLD with Mercantile Law (NWU)
Research Interests
- Corporate and Commercial Law
- Consumer Law
- Insolvency Law
- Aspects of Banking and Financial Law
Membership of Professional & Other Organisations
- Member of the organising committee for the Annual International Corporate & Financial Markets Law Conference.
Recent Publications and Papers
Publications
- “Overview Challenges Affecting the Promotion of Good Corporate Governance Measures in Mahikeng Local Municipality” (2022) Vol 18/1, Acta Universitatis Danubius. Juridica 7-22. Co-authored with H Chitimira, and T Sethunyane.
- “A Legal Analysis of the use of Innovative Technology in the Promotion of Financial Inclusion for Low-Income Earners in South Africa” 2021 (24) Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal1-27. Co-authored with H Chitimira.
- “Synoptical Analysis of Debt Relief Intervention Measures for Low-Income Earners under the National Credit Amendment Act 7 of 2019” Interdisciplinary Journal of Business and Economic Law (2021) Vol 10, Special Issue, pp. 284-304. Co-authored with H Chitimira.
- “An Analytical Precis of Debt Relief Measures under the Insolvency Act 24 of 1936” (2020) 2/39 Euro Economica 210-227. Co-authored with H Chitimira.
- “Alternative Measures for the Discharge of Debts for Over-Indebted Persons under the Magistrates’ Courts Act 32 of 1944” (forthcoming at Acta Universitatis Danubius. Juridica). Co-authored with H Chitimira and P Mothibi
- “The provision and administration of the covid-19 social relief distress grant to promote financial inclusion for the poor and unemployed persons in South Africa” in Financial Inclusion Regulatory Practices in SADC: Addressing prospects and challenges in the 21st Century by Chitimira and Warikandwa (eds) (2022) Routledge [with Chitimira Howard] (forthcoming).
- “Combatting financial exclusion of low-income earners through financial education in South Africa” in Prioritising financial inclusion in Southern Africa: A contemporary law and economics perspective by Chitimira and Warikandwa (eds) (2022) Juta & Co. [with Mathiba Gaopalelwe] (forthcoming).
Conference Papers
- 2022 Magau P “The Use and Reliance on Innovative Technology to Promote Financial Education for Low-Income Earners in South Africa” presented at the 2022 Society for Law Teachers of Southern Africa, University of Fort Hare
- 2022 Motlogeloa K and Magau P “An Analysis of the Regulation of Data Protection in the Context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in South Africa” presented at the 2022 Society for Law Teachers of Southern Africa, University of Fort Hare
- 2022 Magau P & Chitimira H “Rethinking the Role of Equality on Access to Debt Relief Measures for the poor and Low-Income Earners in South Africa” presented at the African Network of Constitutional Lawyers Conference, University of Namibia
- 2022 Magau P, Chitimira H and Hamadziripi F “Overview of Legislative Flaws Affecting the Promotion of Financial Education for Low-Income Earners in South Africa” for presentation at the 13th Private Law and Social Justice Conference, Nelson Mandela University
- 2022 Magau P, Chitimira H and Motlogeloa K “A Statutory Analysis of the Promotion of Financial Education to Enhance Consumer Protection for Low-Income Earners in South Africa” for presentation at the 5th Bi-Annual University of Pretoria International Consumer Protection Law Conference (UPICLC)
- 2021 Magau P and Chitimira H “Overview Legislative Flaws Affecting Access to Debt Relief for Low-Income Earners in South Africa” presented at the 5th Annual Conference of the Law and Development Research Network Conference, Nelson Mandela University
- 2021 Magau P “The Interrelationship Between the Effective Enforcement of Debt Relief Measures and the Promotion of Financial Education in South Africa” presented at the 1st Corporate & Financial Markets Law Conference, North-West University
- 2021 Magau P & Chitimira H “Synoptical Analysis of Debt Relief Measures for Low-Income Earners under the National Credit Amendment Act 7 of 2019” presented at the 2021 Private Law and Social Justice Conference, Nelson Mandela University
- 2021 Magau P “A Legal Analysis of the Challenges Affecting the Promotion and Regulation of Financial Education for Low-Income Earners in South Africa” to be presented in October at the 1st Corporate & Financial Markets Law Conference, North-West University
- 2020 Magau P “A Legal Analysis of the use of Innovative Technology in the Promotion of Financial Inclusion for Low-Income Earners in South Africa” presented at the 2020 Corporate & Financial Markets Law Colloquium, North-West University
- 2019 Magau P, “The Regulation and Promotion of Financial Education under the National Credit Amendment Act 7 of 2019” paper presented at the 2019 Corporate & Financial Markets Law Colloquium, North-West University
- 2019 Magau P, “An Analysis of Debt Intervention under the National Credit Amendment Act 7 of 2019” paper presented at the 2019 Corporate & Financial Markets Law Colloquium, North-West University
- 2019 Chitimira HT & Magau PT, “A Comparative Synopsis of the Prohibition of Insider Trading in Namibia and South Africa” paper presented at the 6th Annual International Mercantile Law Conference, University of Free State
- 2019 Chitimira H, Animashaun O & Magau P, “The Challenges Affecting Financial Inclusion in South Africa” paper presented at the 2019 Private Law and Social Justice Conference, Nelson Mandela University