Masterclass on Mediation of Procurement Related Disputes

Join us for an insightful and practical masterclass led by Adv Alan Nelson SC, exploring the complexities and solutions surrounding procurement-related disputes in South Africa.

Key Topics to be discussed: 

• Conflict resolution history & mechanisms
• Mediation types: adjudicative, facilitative, evaluative, transformative
• Real-life procurement dispute examples
• Legal framework: Rule 41A & Lower Court Rules
• Role of legal professionals
• Case law insights
• Live mediation role play

Presenter: 

Advocate Alan Nelson
Advocate Nelson SC is an accredited mediator with the Centre for Effective Dispute  Resolution (CEDR) and a former Acting Judge of the Western Cape High Court. With over four decades of legal experience, he was conferred Senior Counsel status in 1993 and has
lectured in law and mediation at the University of the Western Cape and UCT’s  postgraduate programme. He is the founder of the Mediation Foundation for Peace and Justice and the Nelson Peace Centre, and serves on several national mediation panels. His work champions facilitative and transformative mediation as tools for justice and  sustainable conflict resolution.

Date: Monday, 3 November 2025

Time: 09:00 to 16:00 (SAST)

Delivery: Online on MS Teams

Cost: R2,000 per person

Register by 28 October 2025

Registration Link: https://bit.ly/4mLpheO 

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Enquiries: Magda Janse van Noordwyk | magda.jansevannoordwyk@wits.ac.za | 011 717 8468