Black Lawyers  Association

Media Statement

The Black Lawyers Association Condemns the brutal Murder of Thulani Maseko

The Black Lawyers Association (BLA) is a civil society organisation dedicated to the promotion of the rule of law and the building of a non-racial, non-sexist and the democratic South Africa. To that end, the BLA strives to promote a transformed legal profession, the judiciary and the broader society ... MORE

BLA STATEMENT ON THE PUBLIC ARREST OF Adv. TEFFO

The Black Lawyers Association (BLA) is gravely concerned about the public Hollywood-style arrest of Mr Daniel Malesela Teffo in the Pretoria High Court in the afternoon of 28 April 2022....MORE

BLA STATEMENT ON THE DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PRACTITIONERS’ FEES IN PARLIAMENT

Let the message be clear: The BLA cannot sit by and watch the vindictive abuse of black practitioners.The public disclosure of fees paid to practitioners for work done for the Public Protector Office is a deliberate and sensationalist attempt to discredit and denigrate black practitioners. That such a gratuitous disclosure occurred in the hallowed halls of our Parliament and under the watch of a majority-black government can only be described as a cruel twist of irony....MORE

BLA STATEMENT ON JHB HIGH COURT DIRECTIVES DATED 16 MARCH 2023

The Black Lawyers Association has noted with concern the directive issued by DJP Sutherland regarding matters set down for hearing on 20 March 2023.The directive is not only insensitive to the apartheid-inflicted poverty that still plagues the majority of Black people in our country but it also dangerously aligns the judiciary with the executive arm of the state which is the target of the shutdown...MORE

BLA MEDIA STATEMENT ON THE PROCUREMENT REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE MINISTER OF FINANCE IN TERMS OF THE PREFERENTIAL PROCUREMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK ACT, 2000

The Black Lawyers Association has noted the Procurement Regulations promulgated by the Minister of Finance (the Minster) and National Treasury in terms of the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework, 2000, which are to commence operation from the 16th of January 2023...MORE

Black Lawyers Association- Free State expresses heartfelt condolences on the passing of the Regional Court Magistrate and Acting Judge Ms Mamello Thamae

On Friday, the 22 September 2023, The BLA learned with shock and sadness aboutthe passing of its member who was the Regional Court Magistrate and the ActingJudge of the Free State High Court at the time of her passing. It is rather saddening tolearn that her passing was allegedly caused by the hand of the person who wassupposed to protect her. It is actions like these that continue to undermine theinterventions of our law to stop Gender Based Violence...MORE