Table of Contents: Vol 33 • No 1 • April 2020
Editor
Franny Rabkin
franny.rabkin@gcbsa.co.za
Editorial committee
Frank Snyckers SC (chair)
Mushahida Adhikari
Mark Euijen SC
Marilena Maddison
Sandhya Mahabeer SC
Jean Meiring
Lwandile Sisilana
Craig Watt-Pringle SC
(ex officio – GCB chair)
BAR REPRESENTATIVES
Cape: Dirk Coetsee
Free State: Jacyn Mitchley
Grahamstown: Thomas Miller
Johannesburg: Kutlwano Motla KwaZulu-Natal: Carol Sibiya, Sarah Pudifin-Jones and Nooreen Nursoo
Namibia: Esi Chase
Northern Cape: Albert Eillert
North West: John Stander
Polokwane: Nathi Gaisa
Port Elizabeth: Morné Olivier
Pretoria: John Holland-Müter
Mthatha: Vusi Msiwa
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as such, the views expressed by individual contributors of articles and items in Advocate do not purport to be the views of the editorial committee of Advocate, or the official views of the GCB, but remain the views of the individual contributors. This applies also to the views expressed by the editor in her contributions.
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Editorial
- Page 1 FROM THE EDITOR
Index
- Page 2 In this issue
Chair’s contribution
GCB & National News
- Page 7 GCB Media Statement
- Page 10 Advocacy training increases its appeal
- Page 12 Advocacy training – Gala dinner speech
Bar News
- Page 14 Port Elizabeth Bar
- Page 15 Cape Bar
- Page 16 Johannesburg Bar
- Page 17 Free State Bar
- Page 18 KZN Bar
- Page 24 Pretoria Bar
Forum
- Page 26 Denuding the bench of skills
- Page 29 Social Justice and Economic inclusion: Whereto South Africa
- Page 34 Meeting Arthur Chaskalson
- Page 36 There was an Irishman and a Dutchman…
- Page 38 Weighing Evidence
- Page 40 On probability and shortcuts
Tribute
Reflections
Law Matters
- Page 46 Law Matters by Franny Rabkin
Fly on the Wall
- Page 48 Fly on the Wall