/ 9 April 1999

BAR COUNCIL DIVERSIFIES

THE Cape Bar Council on Friday amended its constitution to provide for the guaranteed minimum representation of women and black members. The decision was taken at a special meeting attended by all members of the council, CBC chairman Jeremy Gauntlett said in a statement. Gauntlett said the council apporved a year’s “experiment” where at least four members of the 16-member body will be black, and four will be women, two of whom must be black. The resolution, which follows nearly a year’s discussions between the Cape Bar Council and Advocates for Transformation, was supported by both bodies.