DOCSLIB.ORG

Bulletin 48 of 2017 MC

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Bulletin 48 of 2017 MC Bulletin 6 of 2013 Period: 1 February 2013 to 8 February 2013 Bulletin 48 of 2017 Period: 17 November 2017 – 24 November 2017 IMPORTANT NEWS & CIRCULAR THE LAST BULLETIN FOR 2017 & OFFICES CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS The last Bulletin for the year will be Bulletin 49 on 11 December 2017 . The Bulletin service will recommence on 8 January 2018. Please note that the offices of Phatshoane Henney Attorneys will be closed from 13:00 on 22 December 2017 and will re-open at 08:00 on 2 January 2018 . From the Knowledge Centre, we wish everyone a happy and peaceful holiday season and everything of the best for 2018. AMENDMENT OF THE HIGH COURT RULES Please note the following important amendments to the High Court Rules, which shall come into effect on 22 December 2017 : • Substitution of rule 46 (Execution immovable property); • Insertion of rule 46A (Execution against residential immovable property); • Substitution of Form 21 (Conditions of sale in execution of immovable property); • Insertion of Form 2A (Notice of application to declare immovable property executable ito Rule 46A); • Insertion of Form 20A (Notice of attachment in execution); • Insertion of Form 21A (Notice to cancel the sale of immovable property ito Rule 46(11). Source: GG 41257 (17.11.17) AMENDMENT OF THE MAGISTRATES’ COURT RULES Please note the following important amendments to the Magistrates’ Court Rules, which will come into effect on 22 December 2017 : • Amendment of the Table of Contents; • Substitution of rule 43 (Execution against immovable property); • Substitution of rule 43A (Execution against residential immovable property); • Insertion of rule 43B (Enforcement of foreign civil judgments), • Amendment of various forms. Source: GG 41257 (17.11.17) MAGISTRATES’ RETIREMENT OPTIONS TO BE BROADENED Provisions in section 24 of the 2017 Judicial Matters Amendment Act due to come into effect on 1 December 2017 will not change the retirement age of magistrates, but will instead offer them the option of continuing to serve until they are 70, reports Legalbrief Policy Watch. 2 Legalbrief Policy Watch article of the 28 November 2017 failed to mention that the official retirement age of a magistrate prescribed under section 13 of the 1993 Magistrates’ Act (dealing with vacation of office and discharge) will not in itself be affected by the amendment. However, should a magistrate wish to continue serving after having turned 65, from 1 December he/she may be allowed to do so on the understanding that the authorities concerned were notified in good time. It is anticipated that this may go some way towards retaining institutional knowledge and experience in the magistrates’ courts. Source: Legalbrief, 29 November 2017 JUSTICE ADMINISTERED ACT IN FORCE NEXT APRIL From 1 April 2018 , all maintenance money, bail money, and money paid to the courts in terms of court orders or any other law will be held in separate accounts under a single fund – as provided in the 2017 Justice Administered Fund Act. Source: Legalbrief, 27 November 2017 FARM DWELLER INCOME THRESHOLD TO BE RAISED Comment is sought by 24 December 2017 on a draft amendment to regulations under the 1997 Extension of Security of Tenure Act – seeking to raise the monthly income threshold of a farm or peri-urban land dweller protected by the statute from R5 000 to R13 625 , reports Legalbrief Policy Watch. This is noting that the rights of people earning above the threshold and living on a farm or peri-urban land with the consent of its owner or person in charge are excluded from protection under the Act should that consent be withdrawn. Source: Legalbrief, 29 November 2017 BILL GIVES ADOPTING PARENTS EQUAL LEAVE RIGHTS Adopting parents will soon get up to 10 weeks’ leave if the Labour Laws Amendment Bill is approved. A Cape Argus report notes the proposed law allows for adopting parents, including same-sex couples, to get 10 weeks off from work as opposed to taking family responsibility leave or annual leave. Adoption of the Bill will mean that employers will be forced to treat maternity and paternity leave exactly the same for adoptive parents. Labour lawyer Michael Bagraim said the Bill applied to parents adopting children under the age of two. He said that before, the labour laws did not recognise adopting parents’ and same-sex-marriage rights. ‘One of the adoptive parents may apply for adoption leave and the other adoptive parent may apply for parental leave of 10 days.’ Source: Legalbrief, 27 November 2017 MINIMUM WAGE, LRA, BCEA BILLS TABLED IN PARLIAMENT The suite of Bills drafted to give practical effect to ground-breaking labour market agreements in the National Economic Development and Labour Council has been tabled in Parliament – a week before the end of a surprisingly short public commentary period. According to a Department of Labour media statement this month, once in force, the proposed new legislation will introduce a national minimum wage, along with measures expected to promote ‘labour stability’ and strengthen collective bargaining. It will be interesting to see what, if any, explanation is given for having invited stakeholder input on Bills already approved by Cabinet for introduction in Parliament – but gazetted as explanatory summaries, with a call for written submissions. Were they draft Bills, requiring further consultation – or are they already a fait accompli, subject to a technical tweak here and there? Source: Legalbrief, 27 November 2017 MORE INPUT SOUGHT ON SEXUAL OFFENCES COURTS REGULATIONS Draft regulations on the basic and more long-term requirements of sexual offences courts have been revised and released for further public input. In addition to prescribing basic physical facilities, equipment and devices, the revised draft regulations spell out requirements in respect of a raft of services, including: socio-psychological and psychiatric support; debriefing for staff and members of the judiciary; interpretation; and witness complaints. Monitoring the sentences imposed with a view to identifying patterns that could guide presiding officers dealing with these sensitive issues is not seen to be a priority. Source: Legalbrief, 27 November 2017 3 ‘DEBT RELIEF’ BILL OUT FOR COMMENT Comment is sought by 15 January 2018 on a draft National Credit Amendment Bill prepared by the National Assembly’s Trade and Industry Committee with the aim of promoting ‘a change in the borrowing and spending habits’ of over- indebted South Africans. Proposing substantive amendments to sections of the Act providing for debt intervention applications, their evaluation, orders arising, measures prescribed and their effect, the draft Bill also includes provisions significantly strengthening instruments already in place for curbing reckless lending. A more comprehensive list of credit- related behaviour deemed to be an offence on the part of providers is proposed – and where such an offence is committed by a company, it is mooted that every director or prescribed officer ‘knowingly … party to the contravention’ should be ‘subject to the provisions of … (the) Act and any other law’. Source: Legalbrief, 27 November 2017 OFFENDER DNA SAMPLING LAWS TO BE STRENGTHENED The 2013 Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Act is to be strengthened, with the aim of addressing the ‘unwillingness’ of Schedule 8 offenders in prison at the time of its commencement to provide buccal samples – with obvious implications for the usefulness of the national forensic DNA database (SAnews). Sub-section 7(7) (transitional arrangements) allowed the authorities concerned until January to complete this task, which they have been unable to do. Source: Legalbrief, 01 December 2017 FINANCIAL SECTOR CHARTER IMPLEMENTATION TO BE MONITORED The National Assembly’s (NA’s) Standing Committee on Finance intends monitoring progress in implementing key proposals in its financial sector transformation report, which was adopted by the House. Deemed ‘reasonably practicable’ and of ‘more general significance’ to a ‘substantial number’ of participants in parliamentary hearings held during March and May, the recommendations include a restructured Financial Sector Council – perceived to be largely responsible for ‘inadequate’ progress in transforming the industries concerned. According to the report, ‘there should be sanctions for the subjective failings of individuals’, while the Department of Trade and Industry and its National Assembly committee should ‘more rigorously’ hold the council and more recently established B-BBEE Commission to account for their respective failings in this regard. Proposals in the report that could eventually prompt amendments to B-BBEE and financial sector legislation include: ‘major punitive fines’ for failing to achieve charter targets, on the understanding that these should not be passed onto consumers by way of increased fees; charter compliance as a licensing precondition; ‘proportional’ market entry requirements and more ‘appropriate’ minimum standards, with the aim of supporting the growth of informal sector entities such as stokvels into larger, formal sector players; and a regulatory framework for money remittance service providers that are ‘not necessarily banks’, with the aim of facilitating their access to the ‘payment system’. Source: Legalbrief, 30 November 2017 NEW FORUM TO TACKLE MONEY LAUNDERING, TERROR FUNDING The Justice and Finance Ministries will set up an inter-departmental forum to improve efforts in combating money laundering and terrorist financing. TimesLIVE reports that the new forum will replace
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Download 2014 Annual Report
    Faculty of Law 2014 Centre for ANNUAL Faculty of Law Human Rights REPORT 2 The Centre for Human Rights, based at the Faculty of Law, CONTENTS University of Pretoria, is both an academic department and a non- DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE 4 governmental organisation. ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES 6 The Centre was established in the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, in 1986, as part of domestic efforts against the apartheid system of the time. RESEARCH 8 The Centre for Human Rights works towards human rights education in Africa, a greater awareness of human rights, the wide dissemination of publications on human rights in Africa, and the improvement of the PROJECTS 10 rights of women, people living with HIV, indigenous peoples, sexual minorities and other disadvantaged or marginalised persons or groups across the continent. PUBLICATIONS 31 Over the years, the Centre has positioned itself in an unmatched network of practising and academic lawyers, national and international civil servants and human rights practitioners across the entire continent, with a CENTRE PERSONNEL 33 specific focus on human rights law in Africa, and international development law in general. Today, a wide network of Centre alumni contribute in numerous ways to the advancement and strengthening STAFF ACTIVITES 36 of human rights and democracy all over the Africa continent, and even further afield. FUNDING 40 In 2006, the Centre for Human Rights was awarded the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education, with particular recognition for the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition and the LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa. In 2012, the Centre for Human Rights was awarded the 2012 African Union Human Rights Prize.
    [Show full text]
  • Top Court Trims Executive Power Over Hawks
    Legalbrief | your legal news hub Sunday 26 September 2021 Top court trims executive power over Hawks The Constitutional Court has not only agreed that legislation governing the Hawks does not provide adequate independence for the corruption-busting unit, it has 'deleted' the defective sections, notes Legalbrief. It found parts of the legislation that governs the specialist corruption-busting body unconstitutional, because they did not sufficiently insulate it from potential executive interference. This, notes a Business Day report, is the second time the court has found the legislation governing the Hawks, which replaced the Scorpions, unconstitutional for not being independent enough. The first time, the court sent it back to Parliament to fix. This time the court did the fixing, by cutting out the offending words and sections. The report says the idea behind the surgery on the South African Police Service (SAPS) Act was to ensure it had sufficient structural and operational independence, a constitutional requirement. In a majority judgment, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng said: 'Our anti-corruption agency is not required to be absolutely independent. It, however, has to be adequately independent. 'And that must be evidenced by both its structural and operational autonomy.' The judgment resolved two cases initially brought separately - one by businessman Hugh Glenister, the other by the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF), notes Business Day. Because both cases challenged the Hawks legislation on the grounds of independence, the two were joined. Glenister's case - that the Hawks could never be independent while located in the SAPS, which was rife with corruption - was rejected by the court.
    [Show full text]
  • Application to the Tribunal
    Application to the Tribunal And as replacement to 2015.010.21 Application UZA with ITNJ General Jurisdiction: Republic of South Africa Court of origin (where appropriate): Constitutional Court of South Africa; Appeal number (where appropriate): Date of filing: 23rd of October 2015 ITNJ File No: 2015.01 - UZA Constitutional Court Case Number: CCT 200/15 Agents Applicant’s agents: court of record: representative real action of we, the people; Unified Common-law Grand Jury of Southern Africa, hereinafter UZA or uza Respondent’s agents: The National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa 1. Details of the applicant Applicant’s full name: Unified Common Law Grand Jury of Southern Africa Original status: Claimant Defendant Intervener ITNJ Form 1 – Application to the Tribunal Page 1 of 21 Petitioner Respondent Agent (if applicable) Name: administrator: brother-thomas-graham:carlsson-rudman prosecutor : miss t bailiwick : jan:lohfeldt Address: Telephone: skype: commonlawsa1 c/o Unified Grand Jury ZA Fax no: ------- P.O. Box 166 DX no: ------- Laezonia Ref: Pretoria Concourt: CCT: 200/15 South Africa, ZA ITNJ: 15.10.23 UZA: 2013/06/S11 Postcode: n/a (jurisdiction) Email: [email protected] and [email protected] and [email protected] How would you prefer us to communicate with you? Via email thank you; Counsel (if applicable) Name: miss t (attorney at law) attorney in fact in this case Address: s/a/a Telephone no: Fax no: Postcode: DX no: Ref: Email: [email protected] How would you prefer us to communicate with you? Email ITNJ Form 1 – Application to the Tribunal Page 2 of 21 2.
    [Show full text]
  • O Diálogo Entre a Liberdade Religiosa E O Direito À Diversidade Na Jurisprudência Da Corte Constitucional Da África Do Sul*
    HIDEMBERG ALVES DA FROTA LIBERDADE RELIGIOSA E DIREITO À DIVERSIDADE O DIÁLOGO ENTRE A LIBERDADE RELIGIOSA E O DIREITO À DIVERSIDADE NA JURISPRUDÊNCIA DA CORTE CONSTITUCIONAL DA ÁFRICA DO SUL* HIDEMBERG ALVES DA FROTA** SUMARIO INTRODUÇÃO.—I. BALIZAS DO DIREITO CONSTITUCIONAL POSITIVO E PRETORIANO SUL-AFRICANO.—II. CASOS CCT 38/96 (S V LAWRENCE), CCT 39/96 (S V NEGAL) E CCT 40/96 (S V SOLBERG).—III. CASO CCT 4/00 (CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SOUTH AFRICA V MINISTER OF EDUCATION).—IV. CASO CCT 36/00 (PRINCE V LAW SOCIETY OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE).— V. CASO CCT 40/03 (JULEIGA DANIELS V ROBIN GRIEVE CAMPBELL N.O. AND OTHERS).—VI. CASOS CCT 60/04 E CCT 10/05 (MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS AND ANOTHER V FOURIE AND ANOTHER).—VII. CASO CCT 51/06 (MEC FOR EDUCATION: KWAZULU-NATAL AND OTHERS V PILLAY).—VIII. CASO CCT 83/08 (HASSAM V JACOBS N.O. AND OTHERS).—IX. CON- CLUSÃO.—X. REFERÊNCIAS. RESUMEN Este artigo analisa os principais precedentes da Corte Constitucional da África do Sul concernentes ao diálogo entre a liberdade religiosa e ao direito à diversidade. Enfoca-se a fundamentação constitucional dos respectivos acórdãos. Almeja-se propi- ciar aos juristas de língua portuguesa subsídios para a análise doutrinal e o aperfeiço- amento jurisprudencial de controvérsias congêneres. Palavras-chaves: jurisprudência da Corte Constitucional da África do Sul; liber- dade religiosa; direito à diversidade. * À Melina Alves da Frota. Mais do que minha irmã biológica, uma filha espiritual. Ao nascer, divisor de águas em minha vida. Trouxe ao meu cotidiano colorido novo, a gratificação existencial precoce da paternidade.
    [Show full text]
  • South African Judicial Education Journal
    6,4mm SOUTH AFRICAN JUDICIAL EDUCATION JOURNAL SOUTH AFRICAN JUDICIAL EDUCATION SOUTH AFRICAN JUDICIAL EDUCATION JOURNAL VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1, 2018 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2018 SOUTH AFRICAN JUDICIAL EDUCATION JOURNAL VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1, 2018 SAJEI Vol 1_Issue 1 (8pp).indd 1 2018/04/11 12:36 PM This journal is published under the auspices of the South African Judicial Education Institute. Published: April 2018 ISSN: 2616-7999 © South African Judicial Education Institute Office of the Chief Justice, 188 14th Road, Noordwyk, Midrand, 1687 This book is copyright under the Berne Convention. In terms of the Copyright Act, No. 98 of 1978, no part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the SAJEI. SAJEI Vol 1_Issue 1 (8pp).indd 2 2018/05/02 9:06 AM CONTENTS ARTICLES SAJEI: A vehicle for the speedy delivery of quality justice to all our people by Mogoeng Mogoeng................................................................................... 1 Judicial training and the role of judges in a constitutional democracy by Heinz Klug ................................................................................................. 11 Judicial education in a transformative context by DM Davis ................................ 25 To give and to gain: Judicial involvement in advocacy training by OL Rogers ..... 31 Judicial social context education in South Africa by N Dambuza ........................ 39 Judging according to personal attributes, outlook on life and life experience: Any practical value? by Mbuyiseli R Madlanga .............................................. 48 Political parties: The missing link in our Constitution? by Kate O’Regan ............. 61 The rule of law: The role of the judiciary and legal practitioners by Frank Kroon .............................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Before the International Tribunal for Natural Justice in the Constitutional
    Before the International Tribunal for Natural Justice And In the Constitutional Court of South Africa Constitutional Court Case No: UZA court of record case no: 2013/06/S11 In the matter between: Unified Common Law Grand Jury of Southern Africa Hereinafter UZA: court of record and lawful representatives of we, the people of the original Republic of South Africa Demandants also known as Plaintiffs and the following people, acting as: Justices of the Constitutional Court of South Africa 1st Tenants also known as 1st Defendants Chief Justice: Mogoeng Mogoeng Deputy Chief Justice: Gikgang Moseneke Justice: Justice Bess Nkabinde Justice Chris Jafta Justice Edwin Cameron Justice Johan Froneman Justice Johann van der Westhuizen Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga Justice Ray Zondo Justice Sisi 1 As well as all the people acting on behalf of the following: Judicial Services Commission 2nd Tenants As well as: 2nd Defendants The National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa 3rd Tenants As well as: 3rd Defendants The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services 4th Tenants As well as: 4th Defendants Deputy Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development 5th Tenants As well as: 5th Defendants “All” Agents, “ALL” Attorneys, All” Assigns, “All” Bar Associations, “All” Chief Clerks, “All” Clerks, All CEOs, “All” Counsellors, “All” executive administrators, “All” Magistrates, “All” Law Societies, “All” Masters, “All” Officers, “All” Registrars, “All” Sheriffs and “All” other acting Agents of the REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA or any derivatives thereof; Co-Tenants
    [Show full text]
  • A Rhetorical Analysis of SABC 3'S Flagship English News Bulletin
    A Rhetorical Analysis of SABC 3’s Flagship Bulletin: In what ways does the SABC succeed and/or fail in persuading viewers that its version of the news is credible? Nkoala (Mcimeli) Sisanda – MCMSIS001 A dissertation submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Philosophy in Rhetoric Studies Faculty of the Humanities University of Cape Town 2015 COMPULSORY DECLARATION This work has not been previously submitted in whole, or in part, for the award of any degree. It is my own work. Each significant contribution to, and quotation in, this dissertation from the work, or works, of other people has been attributed, and has been cited and referencUniversityed. of Cape Town Signature: SB Nkoala Date: 10 February 2015 The copyright of this thesis vests in the author. No quotation from it or information derived from it is to be published without full acknowledgement of the source. The thesis is to be used for private study or non- commercial research purposes only. Published by the University of Cape Town (UCT) in terms of the non-exclusive license granted to UCT by the author. University of Cape Town Plagiarism Declaration CENTRE FOR FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES/ CENTRE FOR RHETORIC STUDIES FULL NAME: SISANDA (MCIMELI) NKOALA STUDENT NUMBER: MCMSIS001 CONTACT NUMBER: 073 138 5564 SUPERVISOR: DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR PHILIPPE-JOSEPH SALAZAR Plagiarism Declaration 1. I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is to use another’s work and pretend that it is one’s own. 2. I have used the Harvard convention for citation and referencing. Each contribution to, and quotation in this essay from the work(s) of other people has been acknowledged through citation cited and referenced.
    [Show full text]
  • [email protected]
    Editor Volume 33, number 1 • April 2020 Franny Rabkin [email protected] Editorial committee Frank Snyckers SC (chair) advocateIphephabhuku labameli basemajajini baseNingizimu Afrika Mushahida Adhikari Mark Euijen SC Dzhenala ya dzangano la vhaadivokati vha Afrika Tshipembe Marilena Maddison Die Suid-Afrikaanse Balietydskrif • The South African Bar Journal Sandhya Mahabeer SC Kgatisobaka ya boadfokata ya Africa-Borwa Jean Meiring Jenali ya magwetha ya vaavanyisi van Afrika-Dzonga Lwandile Sisilana Craig Watt-Pringle SC (ex officio – GCB chair) BAR REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE EDITOR Cape: Dirk Coetsee Free State: Jacyn Mitchley eing a journalist can be a thankless business – everything is our fault (or Grahamstown: Thomas Miller Bthe fault of “The Media” as though we are all one thing); we get everything Johannesburg: Kutlwano Motla wrong, we are captured, we are Stratcom. KwaZulu-Natal: Carol Sibiya, Sarah Worse, sometimes we write stories about things that are horrible, or Pudifin-Jones and Nooreen Nursoo Namibia: Esi Chase sensitive. Sometimes we criticise people we generally admire. Northern Cape: Albert Eillert But while some people will hold it against you (seemingly forever in some North West: John Stander cases), not everyone. Polokwane: Nathi Gaisa The first time I encountered Willem van der Linde was at his first interview Port Elizabeth: Morné Olivier Pretoria: John Holland-Müter before the Judicial Service Commission. When I was canvassing anonymous views Mthatha: Vusi Msiwa beforehand on the candidates, he was spoken of – by almost everyone I asked – in the highest possible terms. His skills were lauded. His contribution and commitment to EDITORIAL INFORMATION transformation was praised by his black colleagues.
    [Show full text]
  • Public Interest Litigation and Social Change in South Africa: Strategies, Tactics and Lessons
    Public interest litigation and social change in South Africa: Strategies, tactics and lessons By Steven Budlender, Gilbert Marcus SC and Nick Ferreira This book is dedicated to the memory of Gerald Kraak 1956 – 2014 Front page photographs: Ambrose Peters, Equal Education, Esa Alexander, National Alliance for the Development of Community Advice Offices, Richard Shorey & War on Want Public interest litigation and social change in South Africa: Strategies, tactics and lessons By Steven Budlender, Gilbert Marcus SC and Nick Ferreira Published by The Atlantic Philanthropies October 2014 Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and are not necessarily shared by The Atlantic Philanthropies. Photographs Many individuals and organisations provided generous assistance to us on the visual side of this publication. We are very grateful to all of them for sharing their remarkable photographs with us. Copyrights lie with the credited photographers and organisations. Every effort has been made to establish origins and credit photographs used in this publication appropriately. Should any errors have occurred, please contact The Atlantic Philanthropies so that these can be rectified in the event of a reprint. Abbreviations Agri SA Agri South Africa MPRDA Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome MTCT Mother-to-child transmission ALP AIDS Law Project NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ANC African National Congress NADCAO
    [Show full text]
  • Annual General Meeting Sydney and Felicia Kentridge Award; LPB
    Words of thanks I have only been a chairman for nine months. It is a de- The following members acted in litigation on behalf of the GCB manding position that takes an enormous amount of time. I and did so in the true tradition of the Bar. They deserve our have received great assistance from especially McCaps Motimele thanks: SC, Izak Smuts SC and Jeremy Muller SC. • Mansingh v GCB – Willem van der Linde SC, Jenny Cane Elize van der Heever is exceptional. Much of the little I managed SC, Kirsty McLean, Anthony Stein, Iain Curry. was due to her and her superb administrative skills. Tracy • RAF litigation – Hilton Epstein SC, Andy Bester, C Ma- Nothnagel is an excellent assistant. I cannot thank them enough. lema, R Wilson. The next year is probably the most important in the GCB’s • GCB v Ndlova – Roland Suhr, KwaZulu Natal. history. We all have a duty to ensure that we act in the best interests of the profession and ensure that future generations will I thank every one involved in ensuring that our standing com- not consider us as the people who failed the profession. A mittees remain active and perform their functions properly. 16 July 2012 STOP PRESS: GCB press release Annual general meeting Sydney and Felicia Kentridge Award; LPB The GCB held its 67th annual general meeting at the Elangeni – access to legal services is limited. Hotel in Durban on 20–21 July 2012. • Welcomed: The Sydney and Felicia Kentridge Award for Service to Law in – the introduction of the LPB as a means to address the Southern Africa was awarded to former Chief Justice Sandile aforesaid inadequacies; Ncgobo by the GCB at a gala dinner on the Friday evening.
    [Show full text]
  • Five Candidates up for Constitutional Court Position
    Five candidates up for Constitutional Court position The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) was to interview the five candidates it had shortlisted for a sole vacancy on the Bench of the Constitutional Court on 22 February, shortly after this issue of De Rebus went to print. The position arose after Justice Zak Yacoob retired at the end of January 2013. The candidates to be interviewed by the JSC were – • North Gauteng High Court Judge Selby Baqwa; • Supreme Court of Appeal Judge Ronnie Bosielo; • South Gauteng High Court Judge Brian Spilg; • advocate Jeremy Gauntlett; and • advocate Mbuyiseli Madlanga. Prior to their interviews, the candidates provided De Rebus with some information about themselves. Judge Baqwa Judge Baqwa (61) was admitted as an attorney in 1976 and as an advocate in 1988; he subsequently took silk in 1997. Judge Baqwa was formerly a human rights and public interest activist lawyer and was appointed as the first Public Protector in 1995, a position he held until 2002. In his curriculum vitae, he notes that he developed the Office of the Public Protector from a ‘city- based institution’ with eight employees, to a national organisation operating in all the provinces, with more than 200 employees. He was also a founding member of the National Association of Democratic Lawyers. Judge Baqwa has a number of qualifications, including a BIur from the University of Fort Hare, an LLB from the University of Pretoria and a Master in Business Administration from De Montfort University in the United Kingdom. Judge Baqwa told De Rebus that he was honoured to be on the JSC’s shortlist.
    [Show full text]
  • September 2018 | Q2 Issue
    The Judiciary SEPTEMBER 2018 | Q2 ISSUE Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng in Paris Safe and voluntary motherhood is a matter of human rights Gauteng Judges introduced to court e-Filing CONTENTS Editorial Staff and Contributors Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng in Paris Editor 2. Judge President Mlambo The Importance of Courageous Free Media in 3. Photographers Cornelius Silaule, Pfunzo Mafenya Exposing and Holding Power to Account Contributors 9. Safe and voluntary motherhood is a matter of President of the Supreme Court of Appeal, Madam Justice Maya; Constitutional Court Justice Madlanga; Judge President Wagley; human rights Judge President Makgoba; Judge President Legodiand Phetuvuyo Gagai. 14. Stellenbosch Human Rights Lecture 2018 26. Gauteng Judges introduced to court e-Filing 27. Snail pace of litigation 33. Namibian delegation on benchmarking visit to SA 34. Judicial skills pivotal in the administration of justice 35. A moment in history 40. Bereavements NATIONAL OFFICE 188 14th ROAD NOORDWYK MINDRAND 1685 010 493 2500 [email protected] www.judiciary.org.za From the Editor Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to present to you the 2018 Spring It is a full edition and we trust that you will find it to Issue of the South African Judiciary Newsletter. A be satisfying reading! A word of thanks goes to my number of our colleagues have been active in public honourable colleague, Judge President Leeuw, for platforms over the past quarter engaging on various working alongside me in the Judicial Communications matters of interest. We are happy to bring you some Committee (JCOM). We wish also to thank Mr of their writing in this bumper edition.
    [Show full text]