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The Citizen reports that National Forum of Advocates (NFA) has “urgently” called on Justice Minister Michael Masutha to reject recommendations by the National Forum on the Legal Profession (NFLP) relating to the composition of the SA Legal Practice Council.
At the NFLP’s November meeting, it was resolved when election to the council was finalised that “the compulsory race quotas and gender quotas” should be four black female and three black male attorneys, one white female and two white male attorneys, as well as two black female and male advocates, and one white female and male advocate. The council will be made up of 23 people and could take office by September.
NFA spokesperson Adv. Jurg Prinsloo SC commented: “This is the future national controlling body of the whole legal profession. So we say it should be democratic, there shouldn’t be any quotas. You can’t say that you are electing people and then prescribe what they should look like, to what race they belong, what gender they should be.”
- Read this report by Amanda Watson in full at The Citizen
- See too, Advokate wil rasklassifikasie van regslui keer, at Netwerk24 (limited access)
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