Archive 2013

De Rebus contributor retires after 38 years

By Kathleen Kriel After 38 years of contributing to the ‘Recent articles and research’ column in De Rebus, Professor Henk Delport has decided that it is time to retire as […]

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Women’s Day Focus event

By Nomfundo Manyathi-Jele ProBono.Org recently held its fifth annual Women’s Day Focus event at the Women’s Jail at Constitution Hill where attorneys, advocates and mediators assisted women with their legal […]

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New commissioners for the SALRC

By Nomfundo Manyathi-Jele Five commissioners have been appointed to the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC). The new commissioners who have been appointed for a period of five years are: […]

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Durban attorney appointed as national director of Public Prosecutions

By Nomfundo Manyathi-Jele President Jacob Zuma appointed the national director of Public Prosecutions, the head of the Special Investigating Unit, and the director of Public Prosecutions of the jurisdictional area […]

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Superior Courts Act signed into law

By Nomfundo Manyathi-Jele President Jacob Zuma has signed the Superior Courts Bill 7 of 2001 into law. In a press release, the presidency states that the new Superior Courts Act […]

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Women, the judiciary and transformation

By Nomfundo Manyathi-Jele The gender committee of the Law Society of the Northern Provinces (LSNP) held a women’s conference in Pretoria at the end of August. Under the theme ‘Women […]

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Redhill High School wins moot court competition

By Nomfundo Manyathi-Jele Redhill High School from Johannesburg has won this year’s National Schools Moot Court Competition. The annual competition, which is in its third year, was held from 9 […]

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Q&A with Deputy Minister John Jeffery

By Nomfundo Manyathi-Jele Deputy Minister of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, John Jeffery took office on 9 July 2013. Deputy Minister Jeffery was born in Mauritius and spent […]

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So … have things really changed for women in the profession?

By Mapula Sedutla –  acting editor The admission supplements that accom­pany De Rebus twice a year record the names of many women completing articles and being admitted to practise as […]

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Debt collection – Repealing ss 57 and 58 of Magistrates’ Courts Act will be shortsighted

By Chris Kotzé I write this opinion piece in reaction to the article ‘Cashing in on collections’ by Gerhard Buchner and CJ Hartzenberg in the July issue of De Rebus […]

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