Adv․ Cawekazi Mahlati 2026 Speakers
Board Member , Brand South Africa
“Adv. Cawekazi Mahlati is a dynamic South African legal and business strategist with over 25 years of leadership across public and private sectors. She blends deep legal expertise with global business insight, driving growth, innovation, and transformation across Africa. Passionate about unlocking Africa’s potential, Cawe champions infrastructure development and strategic investment while shaping policy for a sustainable future.
She commenced her International career at Borden Inc, Columbus Ohio and at IBM, White Plains, New York, New York. At the dawn of Democracy, she returned from the United States and was appointed by South Africa’s Iconic President Nelson Mandela, to his Advisory Panel on the repeal of apartheid media laws and the liberalisation of the communications sector.
She is recognised as a powerful brand builder and lateral strategic thinker, consequently, President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed her as a Trustee at Brand SA, a state entity tasked with managing South Africa’s global reputation, identity, and image, and is a partner to AFSIC.
She is Chairman of Radah Dynamics Global, an African infrastructure development and strategic finance platform focused on originating, structuring and mobilising capital for Africa ‘s industrialisation projects. Radah Dynamics operates at the intersection of governments, public institutions, project sponsors, development finance institutions, strategic operators, and international capital markets. Its purpose is to help convert infrastructure projects into credible, investable, and executable programmes. We offer both Institutional finance and Islamic Sukuk Bonds. She holds an LLB from The National University of Lesotho and a Masters in International law from The Diplomatische Akademie, Vienna, Austria.”
