Introduction to Sports Law in South Africa

?He established the Sports Law Centre at the highperformancecentre™ of the University of Pretoria in 2002 and serves as Director. The mission of the Centre is to provide a centre of excellence in providing high quality services, research and courses to the sporting world at large. The Sports Law Centre have become the leading centre of its kind in South Africa and are proud to have the United Cricket Board of South Africa, SuperSport, Mpumalanga Academy of Sport, Law Society of South Africa and the Department of Sport and Recreation as clients. The Centre has also gained international recognition. A memorandum of understanding was entered into between the Sports Law Centre, University of Pretoria and the world renowned Asser International Sports Law Centre, c/o T.M.C. Asser Instituut, The Hague, Netherlands. In terms of the agreement, both institutions agreed to collaborate in research and educational projects.

?An admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa and member of the Law Society of the Northern Provinces, he specialises in Professional Conduct and Ethics and is actively involved with the Law Society of South Africa. He has been the Director and course leader of the School for Legal Practice since 1999. The School is accredited by the Law Society of South Africa and offers training to candidate attorneys. The School has had enormous success in terms of not only the results achieved in the national admission examinations, but also for its candidates, who have become sought after in the legal fraternity. Most of them are today in private practice all over South Africa.

Professor Cloete joined the Department in January 1993 after completing his articles of clerkship at the law firm of Couzyn Hertzog & Horak Inc. The University of South Africa (UNISA) conferred the LLD degree on him in 2001. The title of his doctoral dissertation was “Incorporeal things in the new South African law of things”.

Ass Prof, UCT

Lectured at (the) Cape Technicon,

professional assistant at law firm

Admitted attornet and conveyeancer