Thobile Siphethu joined TLAC in 2006 as a paralegal intern and was employed as a paralegal officer in January 2007. She has a strong background in community activism, especially in securing the rights of her community to land and housing. She has worked with the Landless People’s Movement and has also assisted Webber Wentzel Bowens in litigation in this regard. Thobile gave birth to a daughter in January 2007 and has two other children.