CALITZ CROCKART & ASSOCIATES INC

Our Team

We are a small to medium-sized firm and deliberately so.  Each member of staff has been selected for particular skills and attributes to ensure that all members of staff fit into the family atmosphere of the firm and to comply with the ethos and high professional standards set.  Perfectionism is not a ‘bad word’ at Calitz Crockart & Associates Inc.  Our members of staff take pride in their work and in providing a high standard of goal-orientated, personal, professional service to each and every client.  Adaptability, initiative, a good work ethic, integrity, honesty, common sense and self-discipline are essential characteristics required and possessed by each member of our team.

DIRECTOR :

IVETTE CALITZ

Ivette was schooled in KZN, she obtained her B Juris at the University of Potchefstroom (Cum Laude) and her LLB at UKZN.  She was awarded a trophy for academic excellence on graduation at the University of Potchefstroom.  After completing her LLB, she worked for the Department of Justice as a Prosecutor at Magistrate’s Court and Regional Court levels in Durban.  She was then promoted to the Attorney General’s Office (PMB) as State Advocate where she served.

Ivette started this firm in 1997, after completing articles and being admitted as an attorney.

She has right of appearance in the High Court.

CANDIDATE ATTORNEYS :

JEANINE BOTHMA

Qualification: LLB;
Hobbies: Quality time with family, fishing, music

MATTIAN LE ROUX

Qualification: LLB;
Hobbies: Reading and playing soccer.

LINDIE-MARIET ROUX

Qualification: BA in Criminology and Psychology;  BA Honours in Criminology; LLB;
Hobbies: Travel, painting, reading & quality time with family.

SECRETARIES :

ROXANNE LAZARUS

Secretary to Ivette.
Hobbies:  La Liga, music, yoga, reading crime thriller books and spending time with family

RESHIKA PATHER

Secretary.  Diploma in Secretarial Studies.  More than 17 years of experience as a Legal Secretary.  Hobbies: cooking, music & movies and gift basket arrangements.

FILING CLERK :

PATIENCE MNCWABE (“P”)

Been with the firm from the very start (21 years).  Hobbies: reading, music, family & friends, church.

OFFICE MANAGERESS:

SHANTAL-ROSE PETER

Been with the firm in excess of 16 years.  Hobbies: Music, movies, family, friends and her fur babies.

RECEPTIONIST

NERINA PATHER

Hobbies: Painting and reading thriller novels.

GARDENER AND HANDYMAN

SANDILE VILAKAZI

Hobbies: Gym, Music & Movies

DOMESTIC AND TEA GODDESS

JOYCE MKHIZE

Hobbies: Cooking

BOOKKEEPER

NINA CRONJE

25 plus years’ experience in accounting.  More than 11 years specialised in legal accounting.  Hobbies: Horse riding; sketching, reading and a variety of puzzles.