Mpumalanga Bar celebrate formal launch

Following the official opening of the new Mpumalanga High Court by President Cyril Ramaphosa on November 8, the Mpumalanga Society of Advocates (Mpumalanga Bar) held its Annual Bar Dinner on Friday at Emnotweni.

November 20, 2019

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Samkelo Sibiya, Maxwell Buthelezi, Mduduzi Ngomane, Ntando Sihlangu, Mzwandile Khumalo, Wilma Kasa and Suzan Nteso: Mpumalanga Bar Pupillage 2019.

MBOMBELA – The dinner was held in honour of chairman, Adv William Mokhare, SC, and also as the formal launch of the Mpumalanga Bar, which has existed for three years.

Mpumalanga is the last province in the country to launch the Society of Advocates under the auspices of the General Council of the Bar.

Lucky Zwane, WJ Coetzer and Denise Greyling-Coetzer.

Mandla Matshiyane and Yethu Lushaba-Lekhuleni.

Adv William Mokhare. > Photo: James Chissano, SM Digital Studio

Letitia Smith, Leenke Schraader and Janine Weideman.

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The launch was supported by Premier Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane, Judge President of the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court, Francis Legodi, as well as other judges and representatives from organisations in the legal fraternity, such as the Black Lawyers Association, National Association of Democratic Lawyers (Nadel) and the Mbombela Attorneys Association.

“The launch is a big milestone for justice,” Adv Zodwa Gumede of the Mpumalanga Bar, who organised the event, told Lowvelder.
“The people of Mpumalanga will no longer have to travel hundreds of kilometres to Pretoria or Johannesburg for the services of advocates, as the Mpumalanga Bar is home to skilled advocates. This means that the constitutional imperative of access to justice is no longer a pipe dream, but a reality for the people of the province.”