Table of Contents: Vol 29 • No 2 • August 2016
EDITOR
Philip van der Merwe
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Editorial committee
Frank Snyckers SC (chair)
Johan Brand SC
Mark Euijen SC
Marilena Maddidson
Sandhya Mahabeer
Jean Meiring
Mahlape Sello
Lwandile Sisilana
Jeremy Muller SC
(ex officio – GCB chair
BAR REPRESENTATIVES
Cape: Luke Kelly
Free State: Jason Johnson
Grahamstown: Thomas Miller
Johannesburg: Clayton Vetter
KwaZulu-Natal: Laurence Broster SC, Sarah Linscott, Kerusha Pillay
Namibia: Esi Chase
Northern Cape: Albert Eillert
North West: John Stander
Polokwane: Nathi Gaisa
Port Elizabeth: Steve Rorke SC, Anusha Rawjee
Pretoria: John Holland-Müter
Mthatha: Vusi Msiwa
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Editorial
Index
- Page 2: In this issue
Chair’s contribution
GCB & National News
- Page 7: AGM postponed to 1 October
- Page 8: Proposed constitutional amendment of the GCB Constitution
- Page 10: Publisher gives more than 50 new advocates a career boost.
- Page 11: Press statement: comments attributed to Judge Mabel Jansen
Response
- Page 13: Rethinking Pro Bono
Bar News
- Page 17: Pretoria
- Page 20: Polokwane/Pretoria
- Page 21: Free State
- Page 23: KZN/Durban
- Page 24: Eastern Cape: Port Elizabeth
- Page 25: Eastern Cape: Grahamstown
- Page 27: Johannesburg slices: Karoo kuier
- Page 29: Johannesburg slices: Maisels makes music
Forum
- Page 32: Origins of Public Interest Litigation
- Page 37: Specialisation at the Bar
- Page 42: With Respect: The Importance of Judicial Collegiality
Opinion
- Page 45: The spiral of pupillage
Legal Crossword
- Page 47: Number 30
Fly on the Wall
- Page 48: The Seven Deadly Court Sins