Partners
David Coltart
B.A. LL.B (UCT)
David Coltart is the Senior Partner of Webb, Low and Barry.
After completing his law degree at the University of Cape Town in December 1982, David returned to Zimbabwe and began practice with Webb, Low and Barry, being admitted to practice law in February 1983. He became a partner of Webb, Low and Barry in 1984 and became its senior partner in April 1998.
David established the Bulawayo Legal Projects Centre in 1987 and was a Trustee of its parent body, the Legal Resources Foundation, for 21 years.
David has been one of Zimbabwe’s leading human rights and constitutional lawyers in his 42 years of practice. He played a major role in the development of Zimbabwe’s new Constitution, initially as co-chair of the Parliamentary Committee set up to develop it, and then as a member of a seven person Management Committee which negotiated the Constitution’s final contents.
Between 2009 and 2013 David was Zimbabwe’s Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture in the inclusive Government. David sits on a variety of Boards. He was a founder Trustee and Chair of the Petra Schools Trust for several decades.
David published an autobiographical history of Zimbabwe in 2016 called: “The Struggle Continues: 50 Years of Tyranny in Zimbabwe”
https://jacana.co.za/…/the-struggle-continues-50-years…/
He was elected ceremonial Mayor of the City of Bulawayo in September 2023 for a 5 year term.
Having been a litigator for some two decades David’s main practice is now in arbitration, mediation, family law, estate planning and trusts.
David’s personal website is https://www.davidcoltart.com
Josephat Tshuma
B.L. LL.B (UZ)
Josephat Tshuma is the Staff Partner of Webb, Low and Barry and Head of the Litigation/Commercial Department.
Josephat Tshuma graduated from the University of Zimbabwe in 1984 and joined Webb, Low & Barry in early 1985.
Josephat became a partner of the firm in 1990 and is the firm’s Staffing Partner. Josephat was the recipient of the Human Rights Lawyer of the Year Award in 2003 and has contributed to the legal profession through his fifteen year service as a Councillor of the Law Society of Zimbabwe. He served as President of the Law Society in 2009 and 2010. Josephat is a director of a number of companies and a member of the Board of Governors of Christian Brothers College, Bulawayo. He was a technical advisor in the drafting of Zimbabwe’s new Constitution and now serves as a Commissioner of the Judicial Services Commission.
Josephat practices both civil litigation, specializing in the areas of commercial and corporate law as well as criminal litigation in the High Court and Supreme Court. Josephat is one of the leading civil litigators in Zimbabwe.
Chetna Lutchman
LL.B (RHODES) (Conveyancing)
Chetna Lutchman is the Finance Partner of Webb, Low and Barry and Partner in charge of the Conveyancing/Property Department.
Chetna Lutchman obtained her Bachelor of Law Degree from Rhodes University in 2004.
She joined the firm of Ben Baron & Partners in 2005 and was admitted as a Legal Practitioner, Notary and Conveyancer in the High Court of Bulawayo in 2010. Since 2007 she has headed up the Conveyancing Department at the former Ben Baron & Partners and now Webb, Low and Barry.
In March 2016 she was admitted as the fourth partner to the firm’s partnership. Her specialty areas of practice include transfer of property, subdivisions and consolidations of property, sectional title, estate transfers, registration of mortgage bonds and Notarial work. She assists the Estates Department with the drafting of wills, administration of deceased estates and estate planning.
Senior Associate
Dr. Kathleen Mpofu
PhD (Wits) LL.M (UCT) LL.B (NMMU)
Kathleen Mpofu has an LLB degree from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and an LLM in International Trade Law from the University of Capetown.
Kathleen has a doctorate from WITS University. Her thesis is titled: “Using a Multilevel Governance Framework for the Reform of the International Investment Law Architecture.” The thesis explores the reform of the international investment law system.
Kathleen is a Mandela Rhodes Scholar and a Canon Collins Scholar. Kathleen spent a year in The Hague, Netherlands, at the International Council for Commercial Arbitration, after which she joined the firm in 2020. She is currently a Senior Associate.
Her interests are in commercial law, trade and investment law, as well as commercial and investment arbitration.
Associates
Babongeni Zangelo Mlilo
LL.B (WITS)
Zangelo Mlilo earned his degree at the University of Witwatersrand in 2017 and is registered as a legal practitioner with the Law Society of Zimbabwe.
Prior to joining the firm in 2019, Zangelo volunteered at the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa(SERI).
Zangelo’s main area of specialization is civil litigation. He is, however, interested and involved in other facets of the law such as commercial law, labour law, mining and energy law.
Jabulile F. Mahlangu
LL.B (RHODES) (ESTATES)
Jabulile Mahlangu holds an LLB Degree from Rhodes University obtained in 2009 where she graduated on the Dean’s List for Academic Merit.
She is registered as a Legal Practitioner with the Law Society of Zimbabwe.
She joined the firm in September 2019 and heads the Estate Department which handles all estate planning matters including, but not limited to, deceased estate winding-up, inheritance matters, drafting of Wills, Trusts and live estate matters.
Sikhangezile C. Sibanda
B. Soc. Sci. LL.B (UCT) (CONVEYANCING)
Sikhangezile Sibanda is a two-time graduate of the University of Cape Town, who obtained her LL.B with honours in 2018.
She received the Liesbeeck Gardens Academic Honour in 2015 and was awarded both the UCT Law Endowment Scholarship and Southern Suburbs Attorney’s Association Scholarship in her final years of study. She was a mentor for first year law students in both 2016 and 2017.
Sikhangezile joined the firm as a Professional Assistant in the Conveyancing Department in 2021, is a registered Legal Practitioner of the High Court of Zimbabwe and was admitted into practice on the 13th of April 2023. She is in the process of completing exams to be registered as Conveyancer and Notary Public. She has experience in banking law and corporate governance, and has further interest in the fields of mining and energy and commercial law.
Brazhnev Mathonsi
LL.B (MSU)
Brazhnev Mathonsi completed his Bachelor of Laws with Honours (LLB) Degree with the Midlands State University [MSU] in 2021.
He is a Mandela-Washington Fellowship (YALI) alumnus through the University of Notre Dame (USA), as well as a Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Leadership Training alumnus through the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Zimbabwe Office.
Brazhnev joined the firm as a Professional Assistant in January 2023 and is duly registered as a Legal Practitioner, Conveyancer and Notary Public in terms of the Legal Practitioners Act of Zimbabwe. He is interested and involved in various facets of the law such as, commercial law, media law, mining law, and international business transactions law.
Kudakwashe Morgan Garakasha
LL.B (UCT)
Kudakwashe Garakasha graduated from the University of Cape Town in 2023 and joined Webb, Low & Barry in 2025.
Kudakwashe is a member of the Golden Key International Honours Society, and during his final year, he volunteered as a researcher for the African Legal Information Institute for their gender and justice index.
Prior to joining the firm, he worked as a legal intern for the South African Cricketer’s Association.
His interests are in civil litigation, commercial law and corporate law, as well as media law and sports law.
Casey Jade Oosthuizen
LL.B (Hons) Law (U.K.)
LL.M (Advanced Civil Advocacy & Family Law)
Bar Vocational Studies (U.K.)
Associate (Conveyancing)
Casey Oosthuizen graduated from Ulster University, Northern Ireland, with an LL.B (Hons) in 2021. She went on to complete the Bar Vocational Studies alongside an LL.M, specializing in Advanced Civil Advocacy and Family Law, at City University of London in 2022.
During her LL.B, Casey earned a place on the Dean’s List for Academic Merit and participated in several mooting competitions in esteemed courts such as the Royal Courts of Justice in Belfast and the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
She joined the firm as an Associate in the Conveyancing Department in 2025 and is currently in the process of completing the necessary examinations to register as a Legal Practitioner with the Law Society of Zimbabwe. In addition to Conveyancing, Casey has a keen interest in Family Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Professional Staff
June Mills
ACCOUNTANT
June Mills is the firm’s Accountant.
June is a qualified bookkeeper with a national diploma that includes accounting and administration, in which she received a distinction in administration.
June has more than 40 years of experience in her field.