Advocates For Transformation
latest news & developments
‘We will get them off their thrones’: Potterill on male dominance of judiciary
Judge Sulet Potterill told the JSC the battle to bring women into the highest echelons of the judiciary will be won
Advocates for Transformation names Mpofu’s replacement on JSC
The organisation notes complaints against Mpofu following the interviews with candidates for chief justice and set out guidelines of fairness, but said he was not treated fairly…
Ramaphosa walked into a ‘political ambush’ on chief justice appointment
The JSC exceeded its mandate to place the president in a corner in which exercising his wide powers to select the next chief justice have become fettered by popular concerns
Amelia Rawhani
Advocate
Judiciary body to investigate complaint about judge’s racist remarks
Comments made by high court judge Mabel Jansen caused a storm on social media this week after she said rape was part of black South Africans’ culture.
Advocates body says NPA’s Nxasana should not be prejudiced
The Advocates for Transformation say NPA head Mxolisi Nxasana should not be prejudiced for failing to disclose being acquitted for killing a man.
Changes to legal access on the cards
Members of the public will be able to brief advocates directly without going via attorneys, if Parliament gets its way.
Selection of ‘silks’ under scrutiny
The underlying concern is that black advocates are being excluded by a process that relies on peer assessment by a tight-knit ”boys’ club”.
Has he already been tried?
Black legal organisations closed ranks around Hlophe this week, adding their voices to a chorus of criticism about the court’s conduct.
‘It’s not about race’
Advocates for Transformation this week reacted to the Hlophe uproar by rejecting calls for his suspension.