"We have a longstanding problem within the legal profession where black people are not getting a fair share of the work available out there."
Again, as when the Black Lawyers Association was formed, and as Steve Bantu Biko observed, we are on our own.
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The Black Lawyers Association says it is disturbed by a call for embattled NPA chief Mxolisi Nxasana to resign.
The Judicial Service Commission that selects judges has been set for scrutinisation as a number of vacancies remain, leaving vacuums in SA’s courts.
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/ 29 October 2011
The first JSC meeting under new Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng was not without its share of interest and possibilities for the better.
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/ 17 December 2008
The Black Lawyers Association have expressed concern over Mosiuoa Lekota’s statement on affirmative action, labelling it a ‘threat’
A dispute has erupted over recent conflict between lawyers belonging to the Law Society of the Northern Provinces.
The Black Lawyers Association wants action against the judges of the country’s highest court, the Sunday Times reports.
Advocates for Transformation this week reacted to the Hlophe uproar by rejecting calls for his suspension.
The General Council of the Bar, representing most of the country’s advocates, on Tuesday added its voice to calls for Cape Judge President John Hlophe to step down. Chairperson Jannie Eksteen said if Hlophe did not voluntarily go on leave, the minister of justice or the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) ”must see how that can be facilitated as a matter of urgency”.