Table of Contents: Vol 31 • No 2 • August 2018
EDITOR
Franny Rabkin
editor.advocate@mweb.co.za
Editorial committee
Frank Snyckers SC (chair)
Mushahida Adhikari
Johan Brand SC
Mark Euijen SC
Marilena Maddison
Sandhya Mahabeer
Jean Meiring
Mahlape Sello
Lwandile Sisilana
Thandisa Tyuthuza
Vuyani Ngalwana SC
(ex officio – GCB chair)
BAR REPRESENTATIVES
Cape: Patrick Mackenzie and Tanya Rudman
Free State: Jason Johnson
Grahamstown: Thomas Miller
Johannesburg: Kutlwano Motla
KwaZulu-Natal: Carol Sibiya, Prianjali Kissoon Singh and Sarah Pudifin-Jones
Namibia: Esi Chase
Northern Cape: Albert Eillert
North West: John Stander
Polokwane: Nathi Gaisa
Port Elizabeth: 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
- Page 3 The Chairman’s Annual Report
GCB & National News
Bar News
- Page 7 Johannesburg Bar
- Page 9 Cape Bar
- Page 11 Free State Bar
- Page 12 KZN Bar
- Page 15 North West Bar
- Page 15 Port Elizabeth Bar
- Page 16 Polokwane Bar
- Page 18 Pretoria Bar
Forum
- Page 22 Falls the shadow: The role of our courts and other institutions in the ongoing struggle for democracy by Max du Plessis SC, Andreas Coutsoudis and Jabu Thobela-Mkhulisi
- Page 31 A coup de Grace? by Tererai Mafukidze
- Page 35 Navigating innovations in the new Code of Conduct for legal practitioners by Roland Sutherland
- Page 39 When scientists become lawyers – the problem of adversary science by Ditshitiso Hlahane
- Page 46 Transformation in the profession: The gender battle by Sharise Weiner
Tribute
- Page 52 A Tribute in Memoriam to the Late Mr Justice L.O. (Ronnie) Bosielo by Justice JBZ Shongwe
Tribute
- Page 54 A Tribute in Memoriam to the Late Justice A.P. Blignault by Jeremy Gauntlet
From the Publishers
- Page 56 From the publishers The Legitimate Justification of Expropriation: A Comparative Law and Governance Analysis by Björn Hoops reviewed by Frank Snyckers SC
Law Matters
- Page 57 A Reflection on Freedom and Judicial Accountability by Franny Rabkin
Legal Crossword
- Page 59 Number 35
Fly on the Wall
- Page 60 Fly on the Wall