The Johannesburg annual awards ceremony, kindly hosted once again at Bowmans on 7 March 2024, had a wonderful turnout from the legal profession.
Penuell Maduna gave the official welcome on behalf of Bowmans, followed by an engaging and amusing keynote address by former Constitutional Judge Zak Yakoob.
We are grateful to all the legal practitioners who give up their time to take on pro bono cases, present workshops and staff our legal clinics.
Special awards on the night went to:
ChildLaw Heather Pretorius from Fiona Marcandonatos Inc.
LabourLaw Inbam Pillay – LEM Consulting
FamilyLaw Tracy Marais – Tracy Marais Attorneys
Wills Norton Rose Fulbright SA Inc. (Candice Pillay and her team)
DomesticViolence Fatima Laher, Bowmans
Housing Sarah Goldman, Lawtons Africa
DeceasedEstates Patricia Afagwu – Umennaka Attorneys Inc.
Deeds&Conveyancing Norton Rose Fulbright SA Inc. (Carina van Vuuren and her team)
CommunityAdviceOffice Orange Farm Human Rights Centre – Richard “Bricks” Mokolo
RefugeeLaw Ndou Attorneys
VarsityCollege Student Group Group 1, Pretoria Campus
– Individual Student – Michaella Grove – Pretoria Campus
AdvocateAward Loyiso Makapela SC and Thato Mokhethi
UniversityLawClinicAward Natasha Ellen Bekker, University of Pretoria
In addition, there were a number of Special Mentions. These went to Charl Albasini, Virginia Sekgothe, Elgene Roos,
Jennifer Finnigan, Alan Jose and Fasken.
Thanks to our generous sponsors – Spier and AJS, to Yonela Mnana for the music and to our donors, partners and colleagues who attended and celebrated the occasion with us.
