KWAZULU-NATAL ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC SECTOR LAWYERS
UMthetho ungaphezu kwakho konke
LATEST NEWS
Updated on 19 July 2011
KAPSL
2010 Calendar of Meetings
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October
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Friday, 8 |
Elangeni Hotel, Durban |
Launch and Colloquium successfully held |
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November
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Tuesday, 9 |
KAPSL EXCO Meeting |
3rd Floor Boardroom, OTP, 300 Langalibalele Street, PMB |
Meeting successfully held |
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December
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Friday, 3 |
KAPSL PLENARY |
Nomalanga Building, Dept of Finance, 214 Langaliblalele Street, PMB |
Meeting successfully held |
KAPSL
2011 Calendar of Meetings
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January |
Friday, 21 |
KAPSL PLENARY |
1st Floor Boardroom, OTP, INVESCO Building, PMB (14h00) | Meeting successfully held |
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February |
Thursdays, 10, 17, 24 |
KAPSL EXCO Meeting |
3rd Floor Boardroom, OTP, 300 Langalibalele Street, PMB |
Meeting successfully held |
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March |
Thursdays, 3, 10, 17, 24 |
KAPSL EXCO Meeting |
3rd Floor Boardroom, OTP, 300 Langalibalele Street, PMB |
Meeting successfully held |
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March |
Saturday, 5 |
LAUNCH: KAPSL LAW CLINIC |
UGANDA Informal Settlement, Umlazi 10h00 at the Community Hall |
Launch successfully held |
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March
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Saturday, 26 |
KAPSL AGM (Election of new Office Bearers and Executive Committee for the next two years)
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KZN Public Service Training Academy, Glenwood, DBN |
AGM successfully held |
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May
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Thursday, 12 |
KAPSL EXCO Meeting |
3rd Floor Boardroom, OTP, 300 Langalibalele Street, PMB |
Meeting successfully held |
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June
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Thursday, 23 |
KAPSL EXCO Meeting |
3rd Floor Boardroom, OTP, 300 Langalibalele Street, PMB |
Meeting successfully held |
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July
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Thursday, 14 |
KAPSL PLENARY |
Ground Floor Auditorium, OTP, 300 Langalibalele Street, PMB |
Meeting not held - no Quorum (meeting to be held within 14 days, Tuesday 28 July 2011) |
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July
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Tuesday, 26 |
KAPSL EXCO Meeting |
3rd Floor Boardroom, OTP, 300 Langalibalele Street, PMB |
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July
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Thursday, 28 |
KAPSL PLENARY |
Ground Floor Auditorium, OTP, 300 Langalibalele Street, PMB |
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August
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KAPSL EXCO Meeting |
3rd Floor Boardroom, OTP, 300 Langalibalele Street, PMB |
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KAPSL PLENARY |
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October
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KAPSL EXCO Meeting |
3rd Floor Boardroom, OTP, 300 Langalibalele Street, PMB |
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November
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KAPSL EXCO Meeting |
3rd Floor Boardroom, OTP, 300 Langalibalele Street, PMB |
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December
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KAPSL PLENARY |
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NEWSFLASH 1!
KAPSL BOOKLET: "Some Aspects of the Law we thought you should know about" published in July 2011
KAPSL has published its first Booklet: "Some Aspects of the Law we thought you should know about" in July 2011.
The aim of the Booklet is to inform citizens of their basic rights and how to use to law to their advantage in respect of some topical issues that we believe are of general interest to members of the public. We trust that the Booklet will serve as a tool for the education and empowerment of our citizens.
This Booklet is available in hard copy and online. You may access the online version here or by clicking on the links below
KAPSL BOOKLET: "Some Aspects of the Law we thought you should know about" (July 2011)
For hard copies of the Booklet, please contact the Secretary of KAPSL.
The articles that appear in the Booklet are currently being translated into isiZulu by the Centre for Adult Education (UKZN) and published in "Learn with Echo" (a supplement to the Witness newspaper) every week.
NEWSFLASH 2!
KAPSL Membership Subscription Fees for 2011/ 2012 due by 30 April 2011
Ordinary Members are reminded that the Annual Membership Subscription Fee for the 2011/ 2012 financial year is R250 per annum payable up front before or on 30 April 2011.
KAPSL is your association and your commitment and support is vital!
NEWSFLASH 3!
KAPSL holds its 3rd AGM and elects its new Executive Committee
KAPSL successfully held its 3rd AGM on 26 March 2011 at the KZN Provincial Public Service Training Academy, Durban, where its new Executive Committee was elected.
CHAIRPERSON
Mr Sifiso Chili
DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON
Ms Tashini Naidoo
SECRETARY
Adv Tumi Tlhale
TREASURER
Adv Kwezi Masondo
ORDINARY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Adv Bheki Mbili
Adv Sithembiso Nkatha
Mr Mark Serfontein
Adv Ashin Singh
Adv Jacques Wolmarans
The newly elected Executive Committee was charged with the responsibility of building on the solid foundations laid by its predecessor and to report back to the Plenary in June 2011.
Click here to access the Chairperson's REPORT delivered at the 3rd AGM on 26 March 2011.
NEWSFLASH 4!
Launch of KAPSL Community Legal Advice Centre (Law Clinic) in Uganda informal settlement, Umlazi (Ward 89): Saturday 5 March 2011
KAPSL successfully launched its first Law Clinic in Uganda informal settlement, Umlazi (Ward 89), on Saturday 5 March 2011.
Click HERE to find out more!
NEWSFLASH 5!
KAPSL Honorary Member appointed to critically important position
Adv RK Sizani, KAPSL Honorary Member, an LLB graduate and admitted advocate, a former Director-General of KwaZulu-Natal, has been appointed as acting Secretary-General of the Office of the Chief Justice, the new Department responsible for supporting the Chief Justice and providing judicially-based court administration to safeguard the independence of the judiciary in South Africa.
Adv RK Sizani
KAPSL Honorary Member
KAPSL would like to take this opportunity of congratulating our Honorary Member for the trust and confidence displayed in him and we wish Adv Sizani every success in his new critically important position!
NEWSFLASH 6!
KAPSL Resolutions added to Website
Certain important KAPSL Resolutions pertaining to, amongst others -
Business Interests of Public Servants and Public Office Bearers; and
Participation of KAPSL Members as Panelists in Interviewing Processes in Departments and Public Entities,
have been taken and have been uploaded onto the Website.
Click HERE to find out more!
NEWSFLASH 7!
KAPSL Launch and Colloquium: Friday 8 October 2010
The KwaZulu-Natal Association of Public Sector Lawyers (KAPSL) successfully held its formal Launch and hosted its 1st Colloquium on Friday, 8 October 2010, at the Elangeni Hotel, Durban.
Click HERE to find out more!
NEWSFLASH 8!
Membership Benefits
The KAPSL Benefits Task Team is looking out for more possibilities of additional value-add benefits for KAPSL Members!
Apart from the more intangible benefits of being part of a vibrant professional association which empowers its members by their interaction and networking with a wide range of public sector lawyers across the Province, KAPSL Membership also adds some exciting tangible benefits for fully paid up members.
KAPSL has been able to negotiate a discount for KAPSL Members on the annual Flexibreaks membership fee with Mark Web, the CEO of Flexibreaks.
Click HERE to find out more!
NEWSFLASH 9!
Public Sector Lawyers in KZN adopt Constitution of KwaZulu-Natal Association of Public Sector Lawyers
On 3 June 2008, in Pietermaritzburg, a group of Public Sector Lawyers adopted the Constitution of the KwaZulu-Natal Association of Public Sector Lawyers.
For the first time, since the establishment of the new democratic order in South Africa, lawyers attached to, and serving the executive and legislative branches of government in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal, have felt the need to voluntarily organise themselves into an association which attempts to set high standards for the provision of legal support services in the public sector in accordance with a strict and laudable Code of Ethics which is justiciable for purposes of disciplinary action against members of the Association.
NEWSFLASH 10!
Two KAPSL Members off to India!
Two KAPSL members (Ms Tashini Naidoo, our Secretary and Mr Mark Serfontein, our Treasurer) are off to New Delhi, India to attend the 25th International Training Programme in Legislative Drafting from 12 January - 12 February 2010 organised and offered by the Indian Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training.
We offer Tashini and Mark our congratulations, wish them well and know that they will be good ambassadors for South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal and KAPSL!
NEWSFLASH 11!
KAPSL holds its first AGM and elects its first Executive Committee
KAPSL successfully held its 1st AGM on 28 November 2008 at the Old Prison Café in Pietermaritzburg where its first Executive Committee was elected.
CHAIRPERSON
Mr Sifiso Chili
DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON
Adv Cathy Dalby
SECRETARY
Ms Tashini Naidoo
TREASURER
Mr Mark Serfontein
ORDINARY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Adv Bheki Mbili
Mr Richard Stuurman
Adv Tumi Tlhale
Adv Jacques Wolmarans
The newly elected Executive Committee was charged with the responsibility of investigating various matters and to report back to the Plenary Council early in 2009.
NEWSFLASH 12!
Establishment of new KwaZulu-Natal Association of Public Sector Lawyers welcomed by Judge President
The honourable Judge President of the Natal Provincial Division, Justice Vuka Tshabalala on 4 July 2008, delivered a Keynote Address at the Inter-provincial State Law Advisors' Forum meeting hosted by the Office of the Premier at the Elangeni Hotel in Durban.
In his Keynote Address, the honourable Judge President welcomed the establishment of the new KwaZulu-Natal Association of Public Sector Lawyers. The full text of the Keynote Address may be accessed here.
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KAPSL Promotional DVD
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KAPSL Link Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTiadk3Wqns&feature=email
KAPSL Link Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07R0IaKZR-o&feature=email
KAPSL Link Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvHOHC4dTCs&feature=email
KAPSL Link Part 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llbAsuitWg0&feature=email
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