The opposition Democratic Alliance says it is strongly opposed to the draft legal sector code that president Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet last week approved for publication.
“What the DA finds highly troubling is the nonsensical pro bono requirement of firms earning an income between R3 million and R15 million being required to perform 200 hours of pro bono work per attorney for poor, marginalised and black clients from rural areas,” said the DA’s Glynnis Breytenbach, who is an advocate of the high court.
“The stipulation that the pro bono work must be performed for black clients is unnecessary as a person who is poor and requires pro bono assistance will require such assistance irrespective of their skin colour.
“These requirements are also nonsensical in that they burden lower earning firms to a far greater degree than higher earning firms. “If the government goes ahead and gazettes it, the DA will formally submit our objections, and we will encourage other South Africans, especially those in the legal profession, to also do so.”
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