Table of Contents: Vol 34 • No 3 • December 2021
Editor
Franny Rabkin
franny.rabkin@gcbsa.co.za
Editorial committee
Frank Snyckers SC (chair)
Nathi Dwayi
Marilena Maddison
Sandhya Mahabeer SC
Jean Meiring
Lwandile Sisilana
Muhammad Zakaria Suleman
Craig Watt-Pringle SC
(ex officio – GCB chair)
BAR REPRESENTATIVES
Cape: Sasha e Câmara
Free State: Inga Macakati
Grahamstown: Thomas Miller
Johannesburg: Michael Williams
KwaZulu-Natal: Carol Sibiya, Sarah Pudifin-Jones and Nooreen Nursoo
Namibia: Esi Schimming-Chase
Northern Cape: Albert Eillert
North West: John Stander
Polokwane: Nathi Gaisa
Port Elizabeth: Morné Olivier
Pretoria: Alex Politis
Mthatha: Vusi Msiwa
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Editorial
- Page 1 From the Editor
Index
- Page 2 In this issue
Chair’s contribution
GCB & National News
- Page 6 Northern Region Pupillage Advocacy Training Course held virtually on 23 to 26 June
- Page 9 The GCB Advocacy Training Course for Recently Admitted Advocates – Juniors 1-4 years
- Page 10 Media Release On Disregard for Law and Order – 13 July
- Page 10 Media Release on Threats Made Against Advocate Simba Chitando – 27 October
Bar News
- Page 11 Cape Bar
- Page 12 Free State Bar
- Page 14 KwaZulu-Natal Bar
- Page 17 Johannesburg Bar
- Page 25 Port Elizabeth Bar
- Page 25 Bisho Bar
- Page 26 Grahamstown Bar
Forum
- Page 27 GCB Puppilage under the Legal Practice Act – by Alan Lamplough SC
- Page 33 Fusion through the back door? The proposed amendment to pupils’ mandatory coursework – by Etienne Botha
- Page 38 A future model for Pupillage at GCB affiliated Bars – by Jannie van der Merwe SC
- Page 42 Some tips on how to pass the bar exam and avoid the dreaded oral – by Greg Ender
- Page 44 Pupillage – A mental health perspective – by Lisha Harilal
- Page 47 Pupillage – Improving teaching through technology – by Paul Wallis SC
- Page 51 Coaching the way – by Delene Gianni, Tim Paige-Green and Monique Thessner
- Page 53 The twenty-first century advocate – by Patrick Wainwright
- Page 55 Pupillage – avoiding a sage saint’s advice – by Quidam
- Page 56 Noli me tangere – the Urgent Motion Court in Johannesburg – by Noel Graves SC
Slice of life
- Page 61 If “it” were to don drag… – by Jean Meiring
Law Matters
- Page 62 Law Matters by Franny Rabkin
Fly on the Wall
- Page 64 Fly on the Wall