Table of Contents: Vol 30 • No 2 • August 2017

EDITOR
Franny Rabkin
editor.advocate@mweb.co.za
Editorial committee
Frank Snyckers SC (chair)
Johan Brand SC
Mark Euijen SC
Marilena Maddidson
Sandhya Mahabeer
Jean Meiring
Mahlape Sello
Lwandile Sisilana
Thandisa Tyuthuza
Vuyani Ngalwana SC
(ex officio – GCB chair
BAR REPRESENTATIVES
Cape: Luke Kelly
Free State: Jason Johnson
Grahamstown: Thomas Miller
Johannesburg: Clayton Vetter
KwaZulu-Natal: Carol Sibiya, Prianjali Kissoon Singh
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
- Page 1 FROM THE EDITOR
Index
- Page 2 In this issue
Chair’s contribution
GCB & National News
- Page 4 GCB statement on resignation of Judge Mabel Jansen
- Page 4 GCB Statement on withdrawal of JSC Member
- Page 4 Appointment of new member to editorial committee
- Page 5 GCB statement on appointment of DCJ Zondo
Bar News
- Page 6 Free State
- Page 7 Johannesburg Bar
- Page 11 KZN Bar
- Page 14 North West Bar
- Page 14 Eastern Cape/Port Elizabeth Bar
- Page 15 Polokwane Bar
- Page 16 Pretoria Bar
- Page 18 Cape Bar
- Page 20 Mpumalanga
South Africa’s First Bill of Rights
- Page 21 Our Magna Carta moment
Prescription Under siege
- Page 29 Time for Wolgroeiers?
The Unhappy Relationship Between Forensic Science and the Law
Alcohol advertising
CAJAC
Obituaries
- Page 55 Joel Joffe
- Page 56 Judge Plewman
Getting to Know
- Page 57 Justice Raymond Zondo
- Page 58 Constitutional Court Justice Leona Theron
Legal Crossword
- Page 59 Number 32
Fly on the Wall
- Page 60 Power