Table of Contents: Vol 17 • No 1 • April 2004
EDITOR
Hennie Mellet
hfmellet@telkomsa.net
Editorial committee
WHG van der Linde SC (chair)
L Fichardt
A Gabriel
IJ Smuts SC
FA Snyckers
Bar representatives
Bisho: TV Norman
Cape: T Potgieter
Free State: GJM Wright
Grahamstown: I Smuts SC
Johannesburg: C Watt-Pringle SC
KwaZulu-Natal: W Bowler
Northern Cape: J Schreuder
North West: J Stander
Port Elizabeth: P Kroon
Pretoria: HS Havenga
Umtata: MH Shisuba
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The Bar in SA
- Page 3: Profile of the South African Bar
- Page 4: Origins of the KwaZulu-Natal Bar by DJ Shaw QC, Durban
- Page 5: The future of the KwaZulu-Natal Bar. Nirmal Singh SC, Durban, Chairman of the KwaZulu–
Natal Bar - Page 6: Stories of the Cape Bar by Trevor Emslie SC
- Page 8: Some recollections (possibly inaccurate) of a long-time member of the Cape Bar by
D Meyerowitz SC - Page 9: Life at the Bar by Germa Wright, Free State Bar
- Page 11: Noord-Kaapse Vereniging van Advokate by Japie Schreuder, Kimberley Balie
- Page 12: The Johannesburg Bar – a great institution by Matthew Welz
- Page 15: The Grahamstown Bar – a brief history by Izak Smuts SC, Grahamstown Bar
- Page 16: The Petoria Bar: 1877 to 2004 by Pat Ellis SC
- Page 18: Notes on the history and development of the Transkei Society of Advocates by
Mathobela Shisuba, Transkei Bar - Page 19: A brief history of the North West Bar Association by LCJ Maree SC, Mafikeng
- Page 20: Origins of the Port Elizabeth Bar by Peter Kroon, Port Elizabeth Bar
- Page 21: The Bisho Society of Advocates by CTS Cossie, Bisho Bar, East London
GCB News
- Page 22: Zimbabwe court challenge
- Page 23: Women at the Bar – where have all the young girls gone? by Sharise Weiner SC,
Johannesburg Bar - Page 24: Advocacy training: report on Expert Workshop by EB Clavier, Pretoria Bar
Bar news
- Page 25: Grahamstown contributed by Izak Smuts SC
- Page 28: Port Elizabeth contributed by Peter Kroon, Port Elizabeth Bar
- Page 28: Kaap bygedra deur Theoniel Potgieter
- Page 28: KwaZulu–Natal contributed by Wendalynn Bowler
- Page 29: Pretoria bygedra deur Henk Havenga
- Page 30: Vrystaat bygedra deur Germa Wright
- Page 31: Countdown to World Bar Conference by Jeremy Gauntlett SC, Cape Bar
Names in the News
- Page 32: New appointments
We remember…
Forum
- Page 25: Bly Eensaam Bo deur Frank Snyckers, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 34: The Constitutional Court: brief reflections on the first decade by Andrea A Gabriel,
KwaZulu–Natal Bar, Durban - Page 36: Thoughts on the merits of the divided Bar and the ‘cab-rank’ rule by Anton Katz and
Michael Osborne, members of the Cape Town and New York Bars - Page 40: Aspects of practice by Hoosen Gani, KwaZulu–Natal Bar, Pietermaritzburg
- Page 42: Receiving justice in your own language by JM Hlophe, Judge President, Cape High Court
Letters to the editor
- Page 48: Pupillage and the Bar examinations by SJ Senatle, North West Bar, Mmabatho
- Page 49: Female and Black – the double whammy! by Lindi Nkosi–Thomas, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 49: IBA annual conference by Hoosen Gani, KwaZulu–Natal Bar
From the publishers
- Page 50: Annual Survey of SA Law reviewed by Johan de Waal, Cape Bar
- Page 51: Contract: General Principles reviewed by Frank Snyckers, Johannesburg Bar
FLY ON THE WALL
- Page 52: Fly on the wall