Table of Contents: Vol 28 • No 3 • December 2015
EDITOR
Philip van der Merwe
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Editorial committee
Patric Mtshaulana SC (chair)
Frank Snyckers SC (deputy chair)
Johan Brand SC
Richard Brooks SC
Marilena Ioannou
Sandhya Mahabeer
Jean Meiring
Mahlape Sello
Lwandile Sisilana
Jeremy Muller SC (ex officio – GCB chair)
BAR REPRESENTATIVES
Cape: Luke Kelly
Free State: Henriette Murray
Grahamstown: Thomas Muller
Johannesburg: Clayton Vetter
KwaZulu-Natal: Laurence Broster SC, Sarah Linscott, Kerusha Pillay
Namibia: Esi Chase
Northern Cape: Lizanne van Niekerk
North West: John Stander
Port Elizabeth: Steve Rorke SC, Anusha Rawjee
Pretoria: Thys Snyman
Mthatha: Vusi Msiwa
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Chair’s contribution
GCB Chair
- Page 6: Time for accountability, integrity and responsiveness in all state affairs – Public Protector.
Response
GCB News
- Page 16: GCB calls on SA government and SA Development Community to prevent slide into lawlessness in Lesotho
- Page 17: GCB marks the passing of Justice Thembile Skweyiya
- Page 18: In memoriam: Bar pays tribute to Elize van den Heever.
Bar news
- Page 20: Johannesburg: Adv Dali Mpofu SC, chair, Johannesburg Bar Council, Judge Margie Victor, Jean Meiring
- Page 29: Pretoria: Johan Brand SC
- Page 30: Cape: Mark Townsend
- Page 31: Eastern Cape: Grahamstown: Thomas Miller
- Page 32: Eastern Cape: Port Elizabeth: Mark Euijen and Anusha Rawjee
- Page 33: Kwazulu-Natal: Durban: Sarah Linscott
- Page 34: North West: Mahikeng: John Stander
Forum
- Page 36: The Magna Carta’s repeal: A cock and papal bull story: Verlaine de Wit
- Page 41: Balancing the regulatory and representative (trade union) roles of bar associations and law societies: Cord Brügmann
From the Publishers
Fly on the Wall
- Page 48: Fly