
Editor
Franny Rabkin
franny.rabkin@gcbsa.co.za
Editorial committee
Frank Snyckers SC (chair)
Sechaba Mohapi
Gregory Solik
Zandile Qono
Songo Ntsaluba
Quentin du Plessis
Sandhya Mahabeer SC
Loyiso Makapela
Jean Meiring
Nevenka Ristik
Muhammad Zakaria Suleman
Ahditya Kissoon Singh SC
(ex officio – GCB chair)
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De Jesus, Denise Greyling-Coetzer and Zodwa Gumede
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Northern Cape: Albert Eillert
North West: Thabile Sebitlo
Limpopo: Nathi Gaisa
Gqeberha: James Ramsay
Pretoria: Megan Moodley
Mthatha: Chuma Gqetywa
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ISSN 1683-2566
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Editorial
- Page 1 From The Editor
Index
- Page 2 In this issue
GCB & National News
- Page 3 Thirty years of advocacy training: Keynote address at the Intermediate Medical Expert Witness Handling Training, Wallenberg, Stellenbosch, 10 January 2026 by Justice Malcolm Wallis
- Page 9 Advocates for Transformation press statement on the arrest of a High Court judge and the integrity of the justice system
- Page 11 Advocates for Transformation press statement following the national consultation Indaba on adolescent pregnancy
- Page 12 Advocates for Transformation press statement on the shortlisting of candidates for0 NDPP
- Page 13 Advocates for Transformation press statement International Human Rights Defenders Day
- Page 14 International Bar Association Conference: November 2025 by Lisa Mills, KZN Bar, Durban
Bar News
- Page 16 KwaZulu-Natal Bar
- Page 20 Johannesburg Bar
- Page 24 Limpopo Bar
- Page 26 Eastern Cape Bar, Makhanda
- Page 30 Eastern Cape Mthatha Bar
- Page 33 Free State Bar
- Page 36 Namibia Bar
- Page 37 Mpumalanga Bar
- Page 40 Pretoria Bar
- Page 51 Western Cape Bar
Forum
- Page 57 Leo van den Heever, an unassuming pioneer by Justice Johann Kriegler
- Page 61 Statement by Chief Justice Mandisa Maya on behalf of the juduciary on the passing of retired Justice Leonora van den Heever issued by the Office of the Chief Justice
- Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi pays tribute to the late Judge Leonora van den Heever issued by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development
- Page 62 The Strang(e) New World of personal jurisdiction and appellate practice by Jason Mitchell, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 66 A model mediation? by Les Morison SC, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 68 Beyond the rules of engagement: Attack on the front lines by Jolanda Pretorius, Pretoria Bar
- Page 70 Punitive contractual clauses in South African Law: Unlawful by design & constitutionally constrained by Luvuyo Motshabi, Pupil of the Cape Bar
- Page 73 Are final protection orders powerful enough to be listed as one of the punishments under s276 of the CPA? by Nkululeko Xaba, pupil awaiting admission to the Free State Bar
- Page 75 An SCA judgment which should be reversed by Judge Ezra Goldstein, Judge of the High Court not on active duty
- Page 78 Cartoon: Lesser known struggles of being an advocate
- Page 79 LPC checklist for an advocate’s admission application by Sechaba Mohapi, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 84 From the publishers: Raising the Bar: The making of a judge by Jeremy Pickering reviewed by Craig Watt-Pringle SC, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 85 General Principles of Commercial Law (10th edition) by Heinrich Schulze et al reviewed by Sechaba Mohapi, Johannesburg Bar
Law Matters
- Page 86 Law Matters by Franny Rabkin
Fly on the Wall
- Page 88 Fly on the Wall