Table of Contents: Vol 32 • No 3 • December 2019

EDITOR
Franny Rabkin
editor.advocate@mweb.co.za
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Frank Snyckers SC (chair)
Mushahida Adhikari
Johan Brand SC
Mark Euijen SC
Marilena Maddison
Sandhya Mahabeer
Jean Meiring
Lwandile Sisilana
Thandisa Tyuthuza
Craig Watt-Pringle SC
(ex officio – GCB chair)
BAR REPRESENTATIVES
Cape: Patrick Mackenzie
Free State: Jacyn Mitchley
Grahamstown: Thomas Miller
Johannesburg: Kutlwano Motla
KwaZulu-Natal: Carol Sibiya, Sarah Pudifin-Jones and Nooreen Nursoo
Namibia: Esi Chase
Northern Cape: Albert Eillert
North West: John Stander
Polokwane: Nathi Gaisa
Port Elizabeth: Morné Olivier
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 The future of silk
GCB & National News
- Page 7 GCB Media Statement
- Page 8 Tribute to Justice Lex Mpati
- Page 10 Address by Justice Lex Mpati – Retired President of the Supreme Court of Appeal
Bar News
- Page 14 Port Elizabeth Bar
- Page 17 Cape Bar
- Page 21 Free State Bar
- Page 22 Johannesburg Bar
- Page 34 KZN Bar
- Page 40 Grahamstown Bar
- Page 41 Polokwane Bar
- Page 44 Pretoria Bar
Forum
- Page 48 Interview with Johannesburg Deputy Judge President Phineas Mojapelo
- Page 58 Elites at odds over statism by Henri Benade
- Page 60 Weighing evidence by M.A. Muller PhD
- Page 62 Litigious linguists by Quentin du Plessis
Reflections
Law Matters
- Page 65 Law Matters by Franny Rabkin
Legal Crossword
- Page 67 Number 39
Fly on the Wall
- Page 68 Fly on the Wall