Table of Contents: Vol 18 • No 2 • August 2005

EDITOR
Hennie Mellet
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Editorial committee
WHG van der Linde SC (chair),
N Arendse SC
A Cockrell,
A Gabriel
IJ Smuts SC
FA Snyckers
Bar representatives
Bhisho: Vacant.
Cape: A Kruger.
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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Chair’s contribution
Stop press
GCB News
- Page 5: The Legal Practice Bill • LSSA submission document to the GCB • Comment on LSSA submission by Norman Arendse SC
- Page 10: Advocacy training by Sharise Weiner SC
- Page 11: Rainbow pupillage? A look at the 2005 intake by AJ Dickson SC, KwaZulu-Natal Bar
- Page 12: Press statement: Racism and sexism by the Heads of Superior Courts
- Page 12: Press statement: Deputy State President Jacob Zuma by the GCB
- Page 13: Press statement: Mugabe’s operation: ‘Drive out the filth’ by the GCB
- Page 13: Pius Langa Scholarship 2004-5
Human Rights
Bar news
- Page 22: Johannesburg: Midmar • Cape Epic contributed by Craig Watt-Pringle SC
- Page 22: Johannesburg: The Bar’s swimming stars by Matthew Welz
- Page 22: Johannesburg: We remember … Etienne du Toit SC by Tony Canny of Routledge Modise and Herman van Eeden of the Johannesburg Bar
- Page 23: Groups of the Johannesburg Bar – Group 621 by Matthew Welz
- Page 23: Natal contributed by Wendalynn Bowler
- Page 23: Noord-Kaap bygedra deur Japie Schreuder
- Page 24: Port Elizabeth contributed by Peter Kroon, Port Elizabeth Bar
- Page 24: Transkei
- Page 25: Cape contributed by Anton Kruger
- Page 28: Pretoria bygedra deur Henk Havenga
- Page 29: Grahamstown contributed by Mark Euijen
- Page 29: North West contributed by N Gutta, Mafikeng
- Page 30: State of the profession: Race and gender statistics as at 30 April 2004
- Page 31: KwaZulu-Natal: Group Seven and the new Chief Justice by Tayob Aboobaker SC
Names in the news
- Page 32: Tribute to Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson by Norman Arendse SC
- Page 33: Chief Justice Pius Nkonzo Langa by Johann Kriegler, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 35: Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke – message of triumph by Mabel Jansen SC, Pretoria Bar
- Page 37: New judges
Constitutional Court
- Page 38: Artwork of the Constitutional Court
Forum
- Page 39: Arthur Chaskalson, the man by Geoff Budlender, Cape Bar
- Page 41: A cautious revolution by Hugh Corder, University of Cape Town
- Page 45: Counsel and protection from suit by Ditshitso Mashigo, The Bridge Group, Johannesburg Bar
Letters to the editor
- Page 48: Didcott J was not a bully by David Pistorius
- Page 48: Didcott J – a bully! An uncalled for description by Malcolm Wallis SC, Durban Bar
From the publishers
- Page 50: The SA Law of Evidence and Principles of Evidence reviewed by Angus Stewart, Durban Bar
- Page 50: Jurisprudence reviewed by Frank Snyckers, Johannesburg Bar
Fly on the Wall
- Page 52: Fly on the wall