by Daan Steenkamp | Aug 5, 2018 | Practice
The Commission for Gender Equality has recommended the enforcement of gender quotas to achieve gender parity on the bench. The reasons for the dwindling numbers of females in the profession is ascribed to sexual harassment, entrenched racism and patriarchy. Women...
by Daan Steenkamp | Aug 2, 2018 | Property
Shoreline Sibaya claims that it is the fastest selling retirement development in KZN: it offers a service, in partnership with Lombard Insurance Company, for retirees who have the equity tied up in the family home to provide a bridge solution whereby one can invest in...
by Daan Steenkamp | Jul 31, 2018 | Business
This week past the KZN Premier visited RBM in Richards Bay, following a strike which threatened closure of its smelter. The Premier reportedly directed the police to assist the company in enforcing the interdicts it had obtained against those interfering with its...
by Daan Steenkamp | Jul 27, 2018 | Snippet
More on being above reproach: much has been made in the press about Mr Zuma’s new attorney. Last week I published a note by an academic on probity in our profession: the fact is that we have individuals within our profession who cannot, by any stretch of the...
by Daan Steenkamp | Jul 24, 2018 | Practice
Cheap talk and being above reproach. Much has been said about advocates Jiba and Mrwebi returning to the advocate’s profession and, indeed, the NPA. The mere fact that the SCA has found their being struck from the roll of advocates as being an inappropriate sanction,...