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: Eliaser Nekwaya
Northern Cape: Albert Eillert
North West: John Stander
Polokwane: Nathi Gaisa
Gqeberha: James Ramsay
Pretoria: Megan Moodley
Bhisho: Bayethe Maswazi
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Editorial
- Page 1 From the Editor
Index
- Page 2 In this Issue
GCB & National News
- Page 3 Report on the Annual General Meeting of the GCB
- Page 5 GCB Advocacy Training
- Page 6 GCB TT and RAJ courses, Recently admitted juniors course
- Page 7 Empowering Women in Employment Law Conference
Northern regional pupillage course at Mabula
- Page 10 Wait until day three
- Page 11 Becoming an Advocate in just four days
- Page 12 My Mabula Lodge Experience
- Page 13 Ladies and gentlemen
Bar News
- Page 14 Johannesburg Bar
- Page 18 KwaZulu-Natal Bar
- Page 23 Pretoria Bar
- Page 25 Western Cape Bar
- Page 31 Free State Bar
Forum
- Page 33 Bram Fischer, or What Happens When the World Becomes Inhospitable Bram Fischer Memorial Lecture University of the Free State, 11 October 2023 by Stephen Clingman
- Page 43 Bram Fischer: Contradiction, moral clarity and political promise A reply to Stephen Clingman by Tembeka Ngcukaitobi SC
- Page 49 The Dogs of War, or Creativity, Restraint, Courage and Humanity by Justice Owen Rogers
- Page 54 The Judicial Service Commission’s 2023 Criteria and Guidelines An Analysis by Chris Oxtoby
- Page 58 Sexual harassment and discrimination Preparing complainants for trial by Sesi Baloyi SC
- Page 63 Expropriation: What lies ahead? by Ehrhard Fürstenburg, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 66 The impact of customary law on gender equality A double-edged sword for gender equality by Liza Tsatsi SC, Johannesburg Bar
- Page 71 Skills Development The perennial problem of preparation by Justice Malcom Wallis
- Page 75 Pupillage experience Is enough being done to protect young and aspiring members of the advocates’ profession at the Johannesburg Society of Advocates? by Anonymous
Law Matters
- Page 77 Law matters by Franny Rabkin
Fly on the Wall
- Page 80 Fly on the Wall