Table of Contents: Vol 20 • No 2 • August 2007
EDITOR
Hennie Mellet
hfmellet@telkomsa.net
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Editorial committee
Willem van der Linde SC (chair)
Alfred Cockrell,
Susannah Cowen
Jannie Eksteen SC,
Sandhya Mahabeer
Mahlape Sello,
lzak Smuts SC
Frank Snyckers
Bar representatives
Bhisho: Vacant.
Cape: Anton Kruger.
Free State: Zachia Eloff, Henriette Murray.
Grahamstown: Izak Smuts SC.
Johannesburg: Vacant.
KwaZulu-Natal: Wendalynn Bowler,
Paul Wallis, Zuleka Rasool.
Northern Cape: Japie Schreuder.
North West: John Stander.
Port Elizabeth: Peter Kroon.
Pretoria: Henk Havenga.
Umtata: Mathobela Shisuba.
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Editorial
- Page 1 FROM THE EDITOR
Index
- Page 2 In this issue
Chair’s contribution
- Page 3 The future of silk
GCB & National News
- Page 7 GCB Media Statement
- Page 8 Tribute to Justice Lex Mpati
- Page 10 Address by Justice Lex Mpati – Retired President of the Supreme Court of Appeal
Bar News
- Page 14 Port Elizabeth Bar
- Page 17 Cape Bar
- Page 21 Free State Bar
- Page 22 Johannesburg Bar
- Page 34 KZN Bar
- Page 40 Grahamstown Bar
- Page 41 Polokwane Bar
- Page 44 Pretoria Bar
Forum
- Page 48 Interview with Johannesburg Deputy Judge President Phineas Mojapelo
- Page 58 Elites at odds over statism by Henri Benade
- Page 60 Weighing evidence by M.A. Muller PhD
- Page 62 Litigious linguists by Quentin du Plessis
Reflections
Law Matters
- Page 65 Law Matters by Franny Rabkin
Legal Crossword
- Page 67 Number 39
Fly on the Wall
- Page 68 Fly on the Wall
Chair’s contribution
GCB News
- Page 3: Sydney and Felicia Kentridge Award for 2007
- Page 3: Second IBA Bar Leaders Conference
- Page 4: Lawyers’ protest in Zimbabwe
- Page 4: Zimbabwe’s violent suppression of lawyers attacked
- Page 5: Transformation Symposium reported by Azhar Bham SC, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 8: International Arbitration gathering in Mauritius
- Page 45: News and Views
Bar news
- Page 10: Noord-Kaap. Bygedra deur Japie Schreuder
- Page 10: Transkei. Contributed by Mbuyiseli R Madlanga SC, outgoing chair
- Page 10: Port Elizabeth. Contributed by Peter Kroon
- Page 10: Cape. Anton Kruger. No news. [An article on litigation submitted by Anton was published in
the December 2007 issue.] - Page 10: Probono.org’s launch lauded
- Page 11: Pretoria Bar. Contributed by Henk Havenga
- Page 12: Ons onthou: Wyle regter Johan Els deur Hennie de Vos SC, Pretoria-balie
- Page 12: Grahamstown. Contributed by Izak Smuts SC
- Page 14: Vrystaat. Ons onthou: Wyle regter Frans Smuts deur JP Malherbe
- Page 14: KwaZulu-Natal. Contributed by Zuleka Rasool
- Page 16: Johannesburg: Pitje Advocates for Transformation by Andre Bezuidenhout, Johannesburg
Bar, co-founding member of the Pitje Advocates Transformation Initiative
Forum
- Page 18: The challenges, change and transformation. Edited version of address by President Thabo
Mbeki at the official opening of the Pitje Transformation Initiative, Advocates’ Chambers on
7 May 2007 - Page 19: The wheels of justice turning backwards? by Angus Stewart SC, KwaZulu-Natal Bar
- Page 21: “Thou shalt not lead” Basic principles of direct examination in American trial practice:
Part 1. Willem H Gravett, New York State Bar - Page 28: The legal system of SA and its approach to arbitration by Jeremy Gauntlett SC, Cape
and Johannesburg Bars - Page 34: Merger control in SA: some thoughts from an overseas perspective. Matthew O’Regan,
solicitor, Brussels - Page 38: Ancient origins of competition law: A survey of the law relating to the control of monopoly
in South Africa. The late Prof DV Cowen - Page 42: Popela – the Constitutional Court, racial discrimination and causation by Brian Spilg SC,
Johannesburg Bar
From the publishers
- Page 46: The Firm: A biography of Webber Wentzel Bowens by Mike Nicol reviewed by Jeremy
Gauntlett SC, Cape and Johannesburg Bar - Page 47: Die National Credit Act – makliker gemaak deur HCJ Flemming geresenseer deur Henk
Havenga, Pretoria Balie - Page 47: Norman’s Purchase and Sale Fifth edition by RH Zulman and G Kairinos reviewed by
Thabani Masuku, Cape Bar - Page 48: Collective Labour Law by John Grogan reviewed by Marius Oosthuizen, Pretoria Bar
- Page 48: Admiralty Jurisdiction: Law and Practice in SA by Gys Hofmeyr SC reviewed by LR Naidoo,
Durban Bar - Page 49: Health and Democracy: A Guide by Adila Hassim, Mark Heywood and Jonathan Berger (eds)
reviewed by Geoff Budlender, Cape Bar - Page 50: Foundational Principles of Medical Law by Pieter Carstens and Debbie Pearmain reviewed
by Henk Havenga, Pretoria Bar
Legal Crossword
- Page 51: Legal Crossword Number 2
Fly
- Page 52: Fly on the wall