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Solicitor-General Fhedzisani Pandelani.
Two advocates bodies have accused the government of effectively blocking young black advocates from being able to represent the state in litigation through a new tender that limits points allocated to historically disadvantaged individuals (HDIs) to lawyers born before 1993.
The General Council of the Bar (GCB) and Advocates for Transformation (AFT) are suing the ministers of finance and justice, as well as the Solicitor-General over the use of a tender process to constitute a "panel of referral advocates" who would then be briefed on all state litigation for the next three years.
These advocates would be divided into specific specialist panels.
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