Table of Contents: Vol 30 • No 3 • December 2017

EDITOR
Franny Rabkin
editor.advocate@mweb.co.za
Editorial committee
Frank Snyckers SC (chair)
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: Steve Rorke SC and 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 #InconvenientTruth
GCB & National News
- Page 5 Chairman’s Annual Report #SOBA2017 State of the Bar 2017
- Page 10 Advocates for Transformation National rejects Sihle Zikalala’s half-hearted apology
- Page 11 Advocates for Transformation National condemns President Kenyatta’s statement
- Page 12 The 2017 Sydney and Felicia Kentridge Award for Service to Law in Southern Africa
Bar News
- Page 13 Johannesburg Bar
- Page 20 KZN Bar
- Page 22 Pretoria Bar
- Page 25 Eastern Cape/Port Elizabeth Bar
- Page 25 Grahamstown Bar
- Page 26 Western Cape
- Page 28 Free State
- Page 29 Northern Cape
Advocacy Training
- Page 30 Advocacy Training: There’s method in the madness
- Page 34 South African Advocacy Training: An example to the rest of the world.
- Page 37 Advocacy Training around South Africa.
- Page 43 Learnings and writing observations on written advocacy.
Forum: Ethics
- Page 46 The ethics of the hopeless case.
Forum: Fake News
Forum: Saflii
Law Matters
Slice of Life
From the Publishers
- Page 60 Christie’s Law of Contract in South Africa Seventh Edition
- Page 62 Pregnancy Law in South Africa: Between Reproductive Autonomy and Foetal Interests
Legal Crossword
- Page 63 Number 33
Fly on the Wall
- Page 64 Fly on the Wall