Adv Modise Shakung was admitted as an attorney in 2009 and practised at Botha du Plessis and Kruger Inc in Johannesburg for one year. From 2010 to March 2016, he served as in-house legal counsel at Kalagadi Manganese (Pty) Ltd, supporting the Hotazel manganese underground mine project and associated infrastructure.
In April 2016, he joined Sasol as Senior Legal Advisor, Secunda Operations and Mining, and resigned in January 2021 to commence pupillage with the Johannesburg Society of Advocates.
Over 11 years in mining, Adv Shakung developed experience in MHSA, MPRDA and NEMA compliance; SHE monitoring and reporting; accident, serious injury and fatality investigations; DMRE inquiries and root cause analysis; land and community dispute resolution; employment disputes and disciplinary hearings; and the negotiation, drafting and dispute resolution of engineering and supply chain contracts, including corporate and commercial litigation.
He holds an LLB (Wits, 2006), an LLM (NWU, 2014) and a PGDip (UJ, 2018), and is a member of ELA, IAIAsa, Johannesburg Bar and Mahikeng Bar.