Editor
Franny Rabkin
franny.rabkin@gcbsa.co.za
Editorial committee
Frank Snyckers SC (chair)
Nathi Dwayi
Marilena Maddison
Sandhya Mahabeer SC
Loyiso Makapela
Jean Meiring
Lwandile Sisilana
Muhammad Zakaria Suleman
Myron Dewrance SC
(ex officio – GCB chair)
BAR REPRESENTATIVES
Cape: Gregory Solik
Free State: Inga Macakati
Grahamstown: Thomas Miller
Johannesburg: Quentin du Plessis
KwaZulu-Natal: Lisa Olsen and Nooreen Nursoo
Namibia: Esi Schimming-Chase
Northern Cape: Albert Eillert
North West: John Stander
Polokwane: Nathi Gaisa
Gqeberha: James Ramsay
Pretoria: Megan Moodley
Bhisho: Bayethe Maswazi
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ISSN 1683-2566
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Editorial
- Page 1 From the Editor
Index
- Page 2 In this Issue
GCB & National News
Bar News
- Page 5 Johannesburg Bar
- Page 11 Free State Bar
- Page 13 Limpopo Bar
- Page 16 KwaZulu-Natal Bar
- Page 20 Western Cape Bar
- Page 21 Pretoria Bar
Forum
- Page 26 A battle finally won: How women became lawyers in South Africa by Franny Rabkin and Jean Meiring
- Page 39 Cissie Gool, the advocate by Franny Rabkin
- Page 41 Kgomotso Moroka SC Representivity, longevity and the burden of being first by Lerato Zikalala and Yanela S Ntloko
- Page 44 Thina Abalandelayo We, the generations who followed by Cingashe Tabata and Nomonde Nyembe
- Page 48 The New African Woman by Nokukhanya Cele
Ceremonial Court Sittings
- Page 50 In celebration of 100 years of women in the legal profession in South Africa speech by Justice Nambitha Dambuza, Supreme Court of Appeal
- Page 51 The history of women at the Supreme Court of Appeal speech by Justice Caroline Nicholls, Supreme Court of Appeal
- Page 53 100 years of women in law speech by MJ Engelbrecht SC, Legal Practice Council, Pretoria High Court
- Page 56 I know a woman by Lerato Mukome, Johannesburg Bar
- page 57 Reflecting on the journey of women in the legal profession by Salome Manganye, Pan African Bar Association of South Africa
Forum
- Page 58 “Three generations of imbeciles are enough” Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes JR in Buck v Bell by George Barrie
- Page 60 Understanding the Islamic legal system for South African legal practitioners by Fatima Essop
- Page 63 Restoring dignity to our courts: The duties of legal practitioners Insulting, inappropriate, vulgar, and disparaging language have no place in litigation by Judge Rishi Seegobin
Tribute
- Page 66 Thulani Rudolf Maseko by Justice Thomas Masuku
Law Matters
- Page 68 Law Matters by Franny Rabkin
Fly on the Wall
- Page 71 Fly on the Wall