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 11, 2018 | Snippet
Asad Essa is a sports commentator luxuriating in the World Soccer Cup spectacle. He laments the hijack of the beautiful game by nationalism and capitalism. Perhaps, but one does play for one’s country, doesn’t one? One also plays for money – who else other than filthy...
by Daan Steenkamp | Jun 10, 2018 | Snippet
Who cares! The healthy amongst us can probably expect to live into their 80s today. Another dire report on drinking some 5 or 6 glasses of wine a week, holds that this will probably make you live 6 months less. At 85 this is probably a blessing! South Africans would...
by Daan Steenkamp | May 23, 2018 | Snippet
Cuddle me, kill me. This is the title of a book telling the true story of animals… and, more specifically, canned lions. It is interesting to note that one would cuddle a lamb yet eat it later with no social reprobation. Do this to a lion, which is worth infinitely...
by Daan Steenkamp | May 12, 2018 | Snippet
The Department of Justice has invited public comment on a proposed amendment to the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act. The patriarchy in this Act has, by order of the Constitutional Court, to be overhauled in order to correct the traditional discriminatory...
by Daan Steenkamp | May 4, 2018 | Snippet
Many years ago I kept statistics of the race of legal practitioners, their income and the number of partners comprising their practices. This predated POPI.. One statistic, that defied pigeonholing, was why they were so many practitioners in small or one-man...
