A legal newsletter of the Judicial Officers Alliance of South Africa
Second Edition · September 2026
Mr Neelan Karikan, President of the Judicial Officers Alliance of South Africa, at his desk.
JASA exists for magistrates in every district and at every level. This edition carries that pledge, the SABC record, the court in Gqeberha, a member article from Tshitale on Twai and Molefe, and the law that keeps a Monday roll honest.
We represent the rights of magistrates across South Africa.
In this edition
2 | A note from the President — Mr Neelan Karikan |
3 | We are there for magistrates — every district, every level |
4 | On the air — SABC, Case in Point, Newzroom Afrika |
5 | A court with two names — Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) |
6 | The bench that wags — Rocky, Rani and the Animals Protection Act |
7 | The fight that is still ours |
7 | The Independent Commission, and what it counted |
8 | Looking after the person on the bench |
9 | The case-law drawer — spoliation |
10 | How a magistrate should hear a spoliation, including ex parte |
18 | Critical analysis of the Twai and Molefe decisions |
20 | The cartoon — same oath, different envelope |
21 | Two commissions — Magistrates’ Commission and Justice Madlanga |
22 | What the courts did · the election season |
23 | Write to us · quiz · crossword |
25 | Find us · answers · footnotes and table of authorities |