Comments on: BLA in need of a PR makeover?

By: AliBama

AliBama — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:09:23 +0000

With zero legal-training, even I know that the LAW is to ENFORCE the EXISTING legislation.
And the WHOLE BLA’s membership must be tarnished by this bird-brain scheme, of creating new
legislation, which is strictly the job of Julius Malema’s department. I.e. the legislature
must first pass the laws to nationalise the mines, before the law people can back up
the looters. Mugabe followed the proper sequence. The local clowns should consult him.

By: Mpho

Mpho — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:27:35 +0000

I was at the recent BLA AGM and I was quite surprised to see the newly elected leadership making this announcement, as many of the Advocates at the meeting voiced disquiet at the proposals of the Bill, one even said that the Bill could be challenged from a Constitutional angle because the term “Advocate” is mentioned in the Constitution, so without a constitutional amendment the Act would not be able to bring my elitist lot back down to earth and become plain old Mr, Ms, Mrs, although the Drs might be pleased.

The general complaint was that the BLA was addressing the issue in a factionlist way, ignoring the member of the Bar and expecting them to complain via AFT or the Bar Council.

By: Maggs Naidu

Maggs Naidu — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:56:44 +0000

There seems to be a correlation between “terminal illness” and arrests.

“Badul arrived at court in a wheelchair last year and was immediately admitted to hospital. Phindile Radebe, police spokesperson for KwaZulu-Natal, said the police had proceeded with disciplinary action against Badul, who was suffering from an undisclosed illness. ”

http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-01-29-kzn-police-station-cooked-crime-stats

Maybe Mrs Cwele is gonna get seriously ill soon!

By: Maggs Naidu

Maggs Naidu — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:03:36 +0000

Dworky,

1. Woodwork – G Marks

2. No FON then?

By: Mikhail Dworkin Fassbinder

Mikhail Dworkin Fassbinder — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:54:28 +0000

@ Maggs

1. “[T]he criticism of Heaven turns into the criticism of Earth, the criticism of religion into the criticism of law, and the criticism of theology into the criticism of politics. ” – K. Marx.

2. What a disgrace; another self-hating black man!

By: Friend

Friend — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:34:26 +0000

What if this is really the last way that the ANC propaganda engine could find to tell the whities that we have not forgotten about you, look at all that you have to be gratefull for. What if this is really the message that the ANC wants the whites to hear!

Why I’ve come to this conclusion is by taking all comments as facts, no one is telling any lies here and their feelings are real, so this is the situation apearantly only whites gets government work and it’s because the whites makes friends on the golf course right?
Who decides where the government’s work goes? Maybe I’ll vote ANC next time, use my great influence over people who exepts my advice as the gospel to sing the praises of the governing party because they enabled me to drive a Porche, or maybe not?

By: Gwebecimele

Gwebecimele — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:54:57 +0000

Tapes tapes tapes. That is why Presidents give instructions while walking in the garden.

By: Brett Nortje

Brett Nortje — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:02:20 +0000

How sad. The meaninglessness of the postChristian era and the pretentiousness of its pseudo-intellectuals….

By: Maggs Naidu

Maggs Naidu — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:41:51 +0000

“Did one of South Africa’s top advocates try to get a multimillion-rand bribe to help his opponents in an international case?”

http://www.sevafrica.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=308

By: Maggs Naidu

Maggs Naidu — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:39:57 +0000

Hey Dworky,

January 28, 2010 at 20:53 pm

1. Not nice. Religion (and associated beliefs) is a personal thing. Leave it be.

2. “Nthai is represented by senior Pretoria advocate Eric Dunn”.