Manisha Mooloo 🍉🪬

~ I was my own liberator. #WeTooWomenLawyers #BlackLivesMatter #EnoughIsEnough #MeToo #EndGBV #FreePalestine she/her

[Manisha Mooloo 🍉🪬 @mooloomm]

#WTWL Against Abuse #TeenRape #TeenPregnancy #GirlChild @Rehana28808611 @YendeMarcia @Jade_Louella @Zoe_SZi @Nape_MM @Nkanyiso_ngqulu @tumisole @rcandy16 @Mabuza_Jabulani @Prebashnie1

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

"Gwyneth Paltrow Deserves Every Bit of the Hate She's Getting Over Her Israel Ad"

Even in the celebrity-filled universe of cowardice, Paltrow selling apartments in an apartheid state is beyond the pale.
https://t.co/PtikvBmgB6

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Barbarism from Israel. Again. And the world just watches.

[Redi Tlhabi @RediTlhabi]

This is disgusting. And FIFA tolerating this disgusting behavior and bending the rules for one country is a stain on its brand.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

We can’t let Iran have nukes because they’re run by maniacs who might use them.

Meanwhile, in the US:

[Pinky Khoabane @pinkykhoabane]

🚨Big Law vs Transformation - Day 5 Bombshell 🔥
NADEL just dropped hard truths in the Pretoria High Court on the Legal Sector Charter.
Adv Melanie Ipser laid it bare:
The top 6 Big Law firms rake in R1-4 billion each annually.
Together? R10 billion out of the sector’s R30 billion… “and it could be more.” ‼️🧵1/...

[Evans Msiza @EvansSiphoMsiza]

B-BBEE Battle 😂😂😂

[Pinky Khoabane @pinkykhoabane]

5/..As transformation associations rightly argue: There was ZERO need for this court battle.
These issues could (and should) have been resolved through negotiation and dialogue between the parties.
Court looks like delay and resistance.
As Adv Sikhakhane put it: These white firms are double-dipping. They want briefs from both private sector and government but do not want to play by the rules.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

One day we will figure out how the Iranian theocratic government became so good at trolling the US, and that too using US-style pop culture memes and lines.

[Tumi Sole @tumisole]

#CountryDuty

MUST LISTEN

He didn’t lie!

[Pinky Khoabane @pinkykhoabane]

3/..Then came the killer line on the applicants’ submissions:
“They say they like transformation but…”
Just like people who say:
“I’m not racist but…”
“I’m not sexist but…”
We all know what comes after the “but” - it usually cancels out the first part.

[Tumi Sole @tumisole]

MUST WATCH!

Advocate Muzi Sikhakhane SC🔥

https://t.co/Zbwl7iWQ3S

[Pinky Khoabane @pinkykhoabane]

3/..Transformation is not a favour.
It is embedded in our Constitution. It is our DNA.
After decades of exclusion, Black lawyers demand real structural change - ownership, leadership, and fair briefing - not excuses dressed up as “merit” arguments.

The Legal Sector Code is voluntary.
Don’t like it? Don’t use it.
But if you operate in this country and want the benefits that come with it, comply like everyone else. No special exemptions for Big Law.

[Pinky Khoabane @pinkykhoabane]

🔥The Numbers Don’t Lie - Why We Need the Legal Sector Code‼️
In the Pretoria High Court battle, these stats came up loud and clear:
Attorneys Profession (LPC stats):
~35,500 practising attorneys
~64% White
~36% Black (African, Coloured, Indian)
At partner level in top firms? Still heavily skewed. Thread 👇

[Mbekezeli @MbekezeliMB]

Interesting bench:

Judge Nicolene Janse van Niewenhuizen — an ex-advocate

Judge Annali Basson — an ex-law professor

Judge Sharon Mokose — an ex-attorney

[Tumi Sole @tumisole]

Today, as outlined on #CountryDuty #TSNews below, an important legal and precedent setting case will be heard this week by the High Court.

A special shoutout to a WOMANDLA team led by Adv Kate Hofmeyr SC acting for the Johannesburg Society of Advocates & Amicus in the matter.

Kate Hofmeyr SC is joined by an all female junior counsel team:

Chris McChonacie

Jade Naidoo

Palesa Malinga

#CountryDuty

[Tumi Sole @tumisole]

#CountryDuty

Below are high level pointers that I’m sharing from the Amicus (friend of the court) the Joburg Society of Advocates submissions in the #LegalPracticeCode matter.

The role of an Amicus is to help the court reach a decision & often they submit facts and statistics for consideration by the Court.

The submissions are brilliant sadly point to a systemic & long journey ahead in the legal profession especially with regards to transformation:

- The JSA's membership has undergone significant demographic changes over
the last three decades.

- As of late 2025, 55% of the JSA’s members are black and 39% are women, 11 compared with the overwhelming white and male Bar of the past.

However, these numbers belie the stubborn inequalities that remain at the Bar, as is evident at the level of senior counsel and in the high attrition rates among juniors.

Of the 238 senior counsel at the JSA at the end of 2025, 171 were white (71.8%),
of which 148 were white men (62.2%).

There were only 45 black silks (18.9%) of which the overwhelming majority (37) were men. There were only eight black African women senior counsel, constituting just 3.36% of all silks.

These figures illustrate that progression and retention, rather than entry, remain
the primary transformation bottlenecks at the JSA.

Attrition statistics reflect that black juniors continue to leave the Bar in greater
numbers.

Over the last 5 years, 406 junior counsel (with more than 1 year of seniority) left the JSA.

Of these members, 272 (66%) were Black junior counsel; of which 108 were Black female junior counsel.

The attrition rates amongst juniors in the first four years of practice were particularly high, with 142 juniors departing between 2020 and 2025, of which 85% were black juniors.’

[Iran Embassy SA @IraninSA]

South African President @CyrilRamaphosa has signed a petition calling for Marwan Barghouti’s immediate release.
South Africa is always on the right side of history.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

The only good thing about Trump - only thing! - is that he sometimes says what we all know to be true but don’t expect an American president to say, admit, out loud.

[Rory Petzer @RoryPetzer]

Being South African and living here is a flex. ❤️🇿🇦🏆