
Editor
Franny Rabkin
franny.rabkin@gcbsa.co.za
Editorial committee
Frank Snyckers SC (chair)
Nathi Dwayi
Marilena Maddison
Sandhya Mahabeer SC
Loyiso Makapela
Jean Meiring
Lwandile Sisilana
Muhammad Zakaria Suleman
Myron Dewrance SC
(ex officio – GCB chair)
BAR REPRESENTATIVES
Cape: Gregory Solik
Free State: Inga Macakati
Grahamstown: Thomas Miller
Johannesburg: Quentin du Plessis
KwaZulu-Natal: Lisa Olsen 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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Cover Photograph of
Randolph Rogers’ ‘Nydia, the Blind
Flower Girl of Pompeii’ (1859)
by Zack Jarosz
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ISSN 1683-2566
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of South Africa
Editorial
- Page 1 FROM THE EDITOR
Index
- Page 2 In this issue
Chair’s contribution
GCB & National News
- Page 6 Media release on the appointment of Deputy Chief Justice Maya
- Page 7 General Council of the Bar of South Africa Chairman’s Report July 2021 to July 2022
- Page 11 Content in Advocate draws criticism and response
Bar News
- Page 12 Cape Bar
- Page 18 Eastern Cape Bar
- Page 19 Free State Bar
- Page 21 Johannesburg Bar
- Page 28 Limpopo Bar
- Page 30 KwaZulu-Natal Bar
- Page 40 Pretoria Bar
Forum
- Page 44 Not necessary to hope by Jeremy Gauntlett SC KC
- Page 55 The rule of law in times of political crisis by Tembeka Ngcukaitobi SC
- Page 67 On seminal judgements and democratic legitimacy by Quentin du Plessis
Slices
- Page 71 Why the red bag? by Jeremy Gauntlett SC KC
- Page 72 Alphabet soup dotted with flotsam of Q’s, Ks and Ss by Jean Meiring
- Page 74 A piece of definitions by Jean Meiring
- Page 75 To submit a bit by Verlaine de Wit
From the publishers
- Page 76 Pension Law & Death Benefits: Law, Practice and Policy reviewed by S Khumalo SC
Law Matters
- Page 77 Law Matters by Franny Rabkin
Fly on the Wall
- Page 68 Fly on the Wall