Chola Makgamathe

BIO

Chola Makgamathe attended Wits University in Johannesburg where she graduated with BCom, LLB and LLM degrees. Later, Makgamathe worked as a consultant and managed projects involving multilateral organisations, provincial governments, and local governments. She is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa and has worked at 2 of the top law firms in South Africa.

She was the CEO of Downtown Music Hub, a non-profit organisation that was established by the Department of Arts and Culture to address some of the challenges in the South African music sector. Currently, she works for the Southern African Music Rights Organisation and heads the legal department of the organisation.

Makgamathe currently serves as chairperson of the Copyright Coalition of South Africa, an organisation that advocates for equitable Copyright legislation and which is also the South African chapter of the Partners Against Piracy, an initiative that  champions the fight against piracy of creative content.