
Editor
Franny Rabkin
franny.rabkin@gcbsa.co.za
Editorial committee
Frank Snyckers SC (chair)
Sechaba Mohapi
Gregory Solik
Zandile Qono
Songo Ntsaluba
Quentin du Plessis
Sandhya Mahabeer SC
Loyiso Makapela
Jean Meiring
Nevenka Ristik
Muhammad Zakaria Suleman
Ahditya Kissoon Singh SC
(ex officio – GCB chair)
BAR REPRESENTATIVES
Cape: Gregory Solik
Free State: Amelia Swanepoel
Makhanda: Julian Barker
Johannesburg: Sibongile Mathe
KwaZulu-Natal: Zandile Qono
Mpumalanga: Gertruida Gomes
De Jesus, Denise Greyling-Coetzer and Zodwa Gumede
Namibia: Retha Steinmann
Northern Cape: Albert Eillert
North West: Thabile Sebitlo
Polokwane: Nathi Gaisa
Gqeberha: James Ramsay
Pretoria: Megan Moodley
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ISSN 1683-2566
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Editorial
- Page 1 (NOT) From The Editor
Index
- Page 3 In this issue
To the editor
Bar News
- Page 5 North West Bar
- Page 6 Free State Bar
- Page 9 Johannesburg Bar
- Page 12 KwaZulu-Natal Bar
- Page 20 Pretoria Bar
- Page 24 Mpumalanga Bar
- Page 26 Western Cape Bar
Forum: Sexual Harassment
- Page 31 A short questionnaire for those who ask whether there is a problem with sexism and sexual harassment at the bar by Michelle le Roux SC, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 32 In chambers & shadows by Azraa Vally, Pretoria Bar
- Page 33 Us too by Kate Hofmeyr SC, Johannesburg and Cape Bars
- Page 34 The Advocate sexual harassment survey 2025
- Page 42 Victim-sensitive cross-examination in sexual offences cases It is time we caught up by Aakifah Lewaak and Sechaba Mohapi, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 52 Sexual misconduct and the legal profession Has silence made it custom? by Jolanda Pretorius, Pretoria Bar
- Page 54 Sexual misconduct Where manners unmaketh man by Anonymous
- Page 55 Curb the scourge by A Member of the Johannesburg Bar
- Page 57 Sexual harassment at the Johannesburg Bar Perspectives from the profession by The Standing Committee on Sexual Harassment of the Johannesburg Society of Advocates
Forum
- Page 59 Nurturing the access to justice ecosystem by Jason Brickhill, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 63 In defence of the common law Remarks at the Annual Bar Dinner of the Grahamstown Society of Advocates on 21 February 2025 by Justice Azhar Cachalia
- Page 69 Legal Practice Council disciplinary processes by Pule Seleka SC, Chairperson of the South African Legal Practice Council
- Page 78 The Practical Limits of the Law When Constitutional duty collides with community resistance in the enforcement of eviction orders by Minikazi Mtati-Mwange, KwaZulu-Natal Bar
From the publishers
- Page 81 Employment Rights by John Grogan reviewed by Lynette Naidoo SC, KwaZulu-Natal Bar
Law Matters
- Page 82 Law Matters by Franny Rabkin
Fly on the Wall
- Page 84 Fly on the Wall