“God Always Provides”: SA Woman Who Worked as a Cashier While Studying Law Becomes Admitted Attorney
- Seloana worked as a cashier during her law studies, not for the money but to build independence from a young age
- After graduating in 2023, she spent two years as a candidate attorney handling criminal and civil cases in court
- She was admitted as an attorney in July 2026 and is now preparing to open her own law firm
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A South African woman who balanced retail work with her law degree has reached a milestone that once felt far away. Fortune Seloana was admitted as an attorney in July 2026. She is now preparing to open her own law firm.
What makes her story stand out is the path she took to get there. While studying law, Seloana took a job as a cashier, not because she needed the income, but because she wanted to understand what it meant to be independent at a young age. She described the decision as a deliberate choice to gain life experience alongside her academic work.
From the Shop floor to the courtroom
After completing her degree in 2023, Seloana spent two years working as a candidate attorney. During that time, she handled both criminal and civil matters and built up considerable experience inside courtrooms. It was a demanding stretch, but one that prepared her for the next step.
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She plans to specialise in civil matters at her new firm, with a focus on divorce, maintenance and human rights cases. These are areas that directly affect ordinary South Africans, and her decision to centre her practice around them speaks to the kind of attorney she intends to be.
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Her advice to those still in the thick of it
Seloana has a clear message for anyone currently trying to juggle work and studies. She says consistency, even in small doses, matters more than people realise. In her view, one hour of studying a day is far better than skipping it altogether.
She is also candid about priorities. If the demands of a job are pulling someone away from their education, she believes the choice should always be to protect the degree. Years spent in a job at the cost of a qualification, she warns, is a trade-off many people only come to regret later.
"God always provides. I've always lived with those words."
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