
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)
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De Jesus and Zodwa Gumede
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North West: Thabile Sebitlo
Polokwane: Maria Marupeng Malatji
Gqeberha: Chuma Mcoseli
Pretoria: Megan Moodley
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Editorial
- Page 1 From The Editor
Index
- Page 2 In this issue
Chair’s contribution
- Page 3 Into the sunset (Some memories and a farewell)
by Ahditya K. Kissoon Singh SC, Chair: The General Council of the Bar
Bar News
- Page 5 Eastern Cape Bar Makhanda
- Page 11 North West Bar
- Page 12 Eastern Cape Bar Gqeberha
- Page 15 Limpopo Bar
- Page 16 Namibia Bar
- Page 17 Western Cape Bar
- Page 20 Free State Bar
- Page 24 Johannesburg Bar
- Page 27 Northern Cape Bar
- Page 30 KwaZulu-Natal Bar
- Page 38 Mpumalanga Bar
- Page 39 Pretoria Bar
Forum: Thirty years of the Constitution
- Page 41 Thirty years of advocacy under the Constitution by Justice Malcolm Wallis
- Page 48 Justice under a tree by Francois Lion-Cachet, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 52 Thirty years of the Constitution: Between idolatry and abolition by Jolanda Pretorius, Pretoria Bar
- Page 58 Celebrating 30 years of the Constitution by Anusha Rawjee SC, Eastern Cape Bar
- Page 59 The Constitution, a mere tool nevertheless by George Modisa, Pretoria Bar
Forum
- Page 61 Successful advocacy by Stuart Wilson
- Page 66 The boundaries of ethical advocacy in a constitutional age by Sechaba Mohapi, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 72 Affidavits, argument and privilege after Venmop by Gavin Rome SC, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 76 A suggested juridical basis for the appointment of a parenting coordinator by Ezra Goldstein
- Page 77 It’s a jungle out there: The state of the law on animal welfare by Kashmita Gayadin, KwaZulu-Natal Bar
Law Matters
- Page 81 Law Matters by Franny Rabkin
Fly on the Wall
- Page 84 Fly on the Wall