Microsoft Word - SONA Brief Final _2_.doc

But what are the key challenges that the SONA will have to address? What is the political context within the ANC and the Tripartite Alliance and how will this constrain the priorities and plans in the SONA? As this is also an election year, with local government elections looming in either April or May, what are the prospects for the ruling party and the opposition? Key Challenges The social, econ. [...] The Legal Practice Bill, 2010 The purpose of this bill is, among other things, to provide for the creation of a unified body for the legal profession, to be known as the South African Legal Practice Council, to regulate the affairs of the profession, including setting norms and standards; introducing community service for the candidate legal professionals; providing for the establishment of a Lega. [...] Some of the provisions of the bill are likely to cause heated debate, especially the replacement of voluntary associations of the legal profession with a council likely to be filled by people who will serve at the pleasure of the minister. [...] The Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill (“shoot to kill bill”) The bill aims to amend section 49 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act 51 of 1977) that regulates the use of force when effecting the arrest of a suspect in a criminal matter in order to bring the section in line with the judgment of the Constitutional Court in the Walters case. [...] Labour Relations Amendment Bill, 2010 The bill aims to stop the practice of repeated contracting for short-term periods; address the problem of labour broking and further provide for a ”new definition of employer and employee to give greater certainty to the employment relationship”4 The department is currently holding public hearings in various parts of the country to get the views of the affecte.