Table of Contents: Vol 20 • No 1 • April 2007

EDITOR
Hennie Mellet
hfmellet@telkomsa.net
Tel 082 961 7696
Editorial committee
Willem van der Linde SC (chair),
Alfred Cockrell,
Susannah Cowen,
Jannie Eksteen SC,
Sandhya Mahabeer,
Mahlape Sello,
Izak Smuts SC,
Frank Snyckers
Bar representatives
Bhisho: Vacant.
Cape: Anton Kruger.
Free State: Zachia Eloff, Henriette Murray.
Grahamstown: Izak Smuts SC.
Johannesburg: Craig Watt-Pringle SC.
KwaZulu-Natal: Wendalynn Bowler,
Hoosen Gani, Zuleka Rasool.
Northern Cape: Japie Schreuder.
North West: John Stander.
Port Elizabeth: Peter Kroon.
Pretoria: Henk Havenga.
Umtata: Mathobela Shisuba.
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Chair’s contribution
GCB News
- Page 3: GCB press statement: Unjustified attack on the judiciary.
- Page 3: GCB press statement: Erosion of human rights in Zimbabwe. Press statement by the
Human Rights Committee of the General Council of the Bar of South Africa - Page 4: Advocate editorial committee
- Page 4: Ons onthou: Wyle appélregter Hennie van Heerden. Huldeblyk deur JP Malherbe,
regter-president van die Vrystaatse Hooggeregshof - Page 5: South African at New Zealand Bar
- Page 5: World Bar Conference
Bar news
- Page 6: Pretoria Bar contributed by Henk Havenga
- Page 8: Pretoria Bar taking the lead. Honouring the past and present Judges President.
Report and photos by Henk Havenga, Pretoria Bar. - Page 9: Aconcagua by Ben Swart SC, Pretoria Bar
- Page 10: Port Elizabeth contributed by Peter Kroon, Port Elizabeth Bar
- Page 12: Grahamstown contributed by Mark Euijen
- Page 12: Noord-Kaap bygedra deur Japie Schreuder
- Page 13: Free State contributed by Henriette Murray and Zachia Eloff
- Page 14: KwaZulu-Natal – On pupillage contributed by Dusty Donnelly, Durban Bar
- Page 16: KwaZulu-Natal – New members
- Page 17: North West – Father-and-son team as acting judges
- Page 18: Eastern Cape
- Page 20: Johannesburg – High-ranking support for transformation initiative. Contributed by
Advocates Group 21 - Page 22: Advocates’ chambers of the Johannesburg Bar. Article and photos by Craig Watt-Pringle
SC, Johannesburg Bar - Page 25: Midmar 2007 contributed by André Gautschi SC, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 26: Cape. Contributed by Anton Kruger “Smoking saves lives”
- Page 28: Hugenotekamers se baadjie . . . Bygedra deur Anton Kruger, Kaapse Balie
- Page 29: Cape ….en Keeromstraat verstop
- Page 30: Die Myburghs van Joostenberg. Bygedra deur Anton Kruger, Kaapse Balie
Letter to the editor
Forum
- Page 32: A focused and streamlined Pro Bono approach for maximum impact. Odette Geldenhuys,
director of ProBono.Org - Page 34: Matters of interest. HCJ Flemming, formerly Deputy Judge President of the Witwatersrand
Local Division of the Transvaal High Court - Page 36: Cross-examining expert witnesses in American trial practice: Part II by Willem H Gravett,
New York State Bar
From the publishers
- Page 41: Constitutional Property Law by AJ van de Walt reviewed by Alfred Cockrell,
Johannesburg Bar - Page 41: The Building Contract by Eyvind Finsen reviewed by Pat Lane SC, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 42: Light on a Hill edited by Bronwyn Law-Viljoen; photos by Angela Buckland,
reviewed by Jeremy Gauntlett SC, Cape Bar
Legal crossword
- Page 43: Legal Crossword Number 1
FLY
- Page 44: Vlieg teen die muur