Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi on Tuesday said their priorities for the year included fighting crime and corruption, increasing access to justice and deepening the transformation of the legal sector. #news #MmamolokoKubayi #LegalSectorCode #enforcement #fight #crime #corruption Read on tinyurl.com/mbx8p8mn

The white system has long sent black bodies to carry out the defeat of black collective demands when open white force would reveal too much. It keeps the white face for victory, authority, civility, judgment and historical authorship. It sends black intermediaries to do the dirty work of discipline, fracture and retreat. The black figure absorbs the political heat while the white institution preserves its manners. #Ngcukaitobi #legalsectorcode #AdvSikhakhane #phalaphala Read here! 🔴tinyurl.com/4nfcwzs9

Hmmm… I AM grateful that Advocate Sikhakhane SC parked technical legal argumentation for this moral call. This needed to be said in plain English.🇿🇦 I served my 2 year articles of clerkship at Deneys Reitz Attorneys, (Norton Rose Fulbright SA in this matter) in 2004-2006. I have never experienced the level of seniority bullying and professional frustration that I experienced at a *top law firm* in any other industry - I had worked in before. The SC makes an apt reference to “living corpses” that emerge from untransformed RSA BIG law firms. Gratitude: I am forever indebted to Mr Pierre Naude, Aviation Lawyer - for the respect, technical training and mentorship he accorded me during my rotation as his candidate attorney. I recall his immediate support when I was not retained. He walked from his office to my 4th rotation office. Shut the door. Sat down and told me, “You are a good lawyer. How can I help you to get a Human Rights placement?” He wrote me a glowing letter of reference and kept in touch - especially when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. (Ethical Meneer! Great human being🇿🇦📚👩🏽‍🎓🙏🏾) Ps. A former black woman Associate is currently litigation against them in the Labour Court for corporate bullying and alleged racial discrimination , law.com/international-editio… #LegalSectorCode🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

3/..Big Law vs Transformation Stats that hurt: In 2024, out of 1,111 partners in top firms - only 25% Black. The Legal Sector Charter changes the game: Progressive targets - 30% → 40% → 50% Black partners. #LSC #BBEE #LegalSectorCode #BigLawVsTransformation #Nadel #BlackConveyancersAssociation #Pabasa #BLA

2/..Today’s order: Black Lawyers Association (BLA) and National Association of Democratic Lawyers (NADEL) take the floor. They will first set out exactly how the absence of the LSC will directly harm their members - the majority of whom are Black lawyers - in ownership, management control, skills development and access to opportunities. #BBBEE #LegalSectorCode #BigLawVsTransformation #LPC #TransformationSA #OurConstitution

Ngcukaitobi’s role in this case forces a harder question than the noise around his appointment allows. Can a black advocate of his stature stand against a movement for black transformation in a profession that still locks most black lawyers out of meaningful economic power and still be received as the uncomplicated face of transformation?  #Ngcukaitobi #legalsectorcode #AdvSikhakhane 🔴tinyurl.com/4nfcwzs9

Advocate Muzi Frederick Sikhakhane SC ; is a refined and well processed legal jewel . We stand in full and unwavering support of the Legal Sector Code . #LegalSectorCode #Justice⚖️🇿🇦

6/..More on Purposive Interpretation of Statutes. The correction of a will is not to supplant the will but to make that will effective. He says it is that spirit that thw BEE Act and the Legal Sector Code must be interpreted. #LegalSectorCode #BBEE #TransformationSA #BigLawVsTransformation #BlackConveyancersAssociation #BLA #AFT

5/..The purposive interpretation of statutes, Sikhakhane was crystal clear: A judge who truly knows society, their role, and what the judiciary should do - one who internalises the legislation - understands that the judiciary is the servant of the legislation and its purpose. ##BigLawVsTransformation #LegalSectorCode #BBEE #TransformationSA #OurConstitution #BlackConveyancersAssociation #blackmagicontrump

4/..Then Sikhakhane laid it bare to the judges: What would you choose? To condone some imperfection in the process - or sacrifice humanity and the deep problems of exclusion in the profession? #BigLawVsTransformation #LegalSectorCode #BlackConveyancersAssociation #BLA #BasadiBaMolao

3/..Sikhakhane acknowledged there may have been imperfections in the Legal Sector Code process. But the stats show deliberate exclusion for decades - even after B-BBEE. In this very room, he noted, there is not a single black senior counsel. And not because they are not talented. #BigLawVsTransformation #LegalSectorCode

‼️Big Law Vs Transformation "This case is about existence and dignity” In the Pretoria High Court today, Adv Muzi Sikhakhane SC pointed to the gallery - filled with black lawyers and members of the legal fraternity. “This case,” he said, “is about their existence and dignity - not about mechanics.” Those who are privileged deal in mechanics. The excluded fight for their very place in the profession. #LegalSectorCode #BigLawVsTransformation #BAC #BLA #AFT #BasadiBaMolao

2/..Big Law vs Transformation: Marginalisation = Social Death Adv Sikhakhane is not mincing his words.. "Marginalisation and exclusion - which is what this case is about - leads to social death and mental disintegration, the same way physical starvation leads to death." This isn’t abstract legal jargon. It’s reality for many black lawyers still on the outside. #LegalSectorCode #BigLawVsTransformation

Advocate Matseleng Lekoane, of Basadi ba Molao, tells the court women in law will continue leaving practice due to lack of transformation. She says many left because of lack of work opportunities. #LegalSectorCode @BDliveSA

Advocate Muzi Sikhakhane argues the heart of the legal sector code and transformation policies is an existential problem. #LegalSectorCode

I had to stop and watch the proceedings. You can't drive when Adv Sikhakhane SC is addressing the court. #LegalSectorCode

#LegalSectorCode: Advocate Terry Motau, representing Advocates For Transformation, argues the legal sector code is a first step to breathe life to transformation of the legal profession. @BDliveSA

🚨BIG LAW VS TRANSFORMATION: LPC Drops Truth Bombs in Court!‼️ "No Catastrophe - This is a Very Fair Code." Adv Bokaba for the Legal Practice Council hit it out the park today. LPC referred to a Zwanaka Holdings report that completely dispels the doomsday claims by Big Law applicants. The sky is not falling. Transformation is not destruction. The new Legal Sector Code #LSC is fair, consultative, and long overdue to address the imbalances of the past while keeping the profession strong. Big Law had their say. Ministers of DTI and Justicehad their say And Now the regulator is setting the record straight. South Africa’s legal profession can - and must - reflect the country it serves. Transformation done right = No catastrophe. Just progress. ✅ #LegalSectorCode #BigLawVsTransformation #LPC #TransformationSA #BBEE #JusticeForAll

The need for transformation in the legal sector is at the core of the Legal Sector Code (LSC), and it is a lawful exercise of statutory power to achieve this, counsel for Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi told the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria. #news #need #transformation #legal #sector #LegalSectorCode #MmamolokoKubayi #Gauteng #HighCourt Read on tinyurl.com/2uu8ptkh

In September 2024, Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau gazetted the Legal Sector Code (LSC), introducing a sector-specific B-BBEE framework aimed at accelerating transformation in South Africa’s legal profession. #news #ParksTau #gazetted #LegalSectorCode #BBBEE #framework #accelerate #transformation #legal #profession Read on tinyurl.com/mv5aswsd