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Benjamin Thamsanqa Fihla, born in November 1991, the first child of Bangani and Nongaliphi Fihla. He was born in a place called Hartbeesfontein in the North West Province of the Republic of South Africa. He started his education at Tigane Primary school in 1998 and in 2006 he went to Gaenthone Secondary School where he matriculated in 2009 and was among the top achievers. He was awarded the City of Matlosana municipality bursary and an award for Economics.

He joined North West University under the Rectorship of Dan Kgwadi as a student studying LLB and was also awarded the Rector's funding. In 2013 he completed his studies and attended the Legal Practice Training at the then Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and also enrolled his Masters in Law in Mercantile.

He was afforded an employed opportunity by Nash vandayar and Associates, a prestige law firm based in Port Elizabeth as a clerk in 2014 until 2015 when another opportunity was granted to him by Legal Aid South Africa where he completed his clerkship and was afforded a Legal Practitioner position for three months in 2017.

He later joined Jikwana and Company as a Professional Assistant (Attorney) in the same year of 2017 he left Jikwana and Company and started Fihla and Associates becoming a Managing Director and an owner of a law firm at the age of 26.

Fihla and Associates is a well established law firm with its head quarters in Butterworth Eastern Cape and a Branch in Gauteng. He is still the managing director and under his wings has other associates attorneys and has association with other law firm for work purposes.

Fihla is also a married man. He enjoys commitment and lives a focused life. Coming from a poor background he contributes a lot in the community and takes part in social responsibility programs. Often in his birthday he enjoys going to Orphanages or place of safety where child and other victims of unpleasant life's circumstances are staying and celebrate his birthday with them.

He is a member of several legal fraternities and he is also political aligned.