Professional Associations

• Member of the Young Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (Young AFSA)
• Member of the South African Sports Law Association

Papers and publications

Matthew is a contributor to African Antitrust, a leading resource for competition law development across Africa.

Recent articles include:

• Co-authored “A critical assessment of the development and enforcement of vertical restraints in South Africa and COMESA: a departure from international best practice?” for the 10TH African Competition and Economic Regulation (ACER) 2025 Conference, held in Namibia. 
• Slippery Business: COMESA Court Invalidates Mauritius’ Edible Oil Tariff
• Betting on Fair Play: Competition Tribunal orders Interim Relief to Lottoland in Google Ads dispute.
• The ECOWAS Merger Control Regime: A New Chapter in Regional Competition Law.
• Co-authored “Off the Rails or on Track? Implications of Transnet’s 15-Year Exemption”
• Are Nigeria’s Courts Ready for Big Tech? New Judicial Training Aims to Find Out
• Dominance in the Air: How Mozambique’s LAM Landed in Competition Trouble
• Draft Amendments to South Africa’s Merger Thresholds and Filing Fees Published for Public Comment
• FUEL AT THE BOILING POINT: Competition Commission Issues Price Gouging Warning
• Co-authored “Changing Channels: Competition Commission Tunes Into MultiChoice and Altech’s Alleged 2014 Market-Sharing Agreement”
• Does Africa Need Its Own Digital Markets Act? Key Takeaways from the Centre for Competition Law and Economics’ Webinar on Digital Competition Policy Developments in Africa

Matthew’s other published articles include:

• When A “Fore” Is Sore: Understanding Liability at Spectator Sports
• The Pitch for Prosperity: The African Football League

Qualifications

• BCom Law (University of Pretoria) 2022, with majors in Micro and Macroeconomics.
• LLB (University of Pretoria) 2024

Accolades

• Matthew has been part of the Golden Key Honour Society which awards students in the top 15% of their respective degree programmes

Experience

• Primerio International January 2025 – Present.

Presentations 

• Presented in a webinar hosted by Mweshi Banda & Associates Legal Practitioners in conjunction with the American Chamber of Commerce in Zambia and Primerio on the topic ‘The Legal Side of AI: Compliance Strategies for Forward Thinking Businesses’ to provide a South African perspective