PAN AFRICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA

"PABASA is an Afrocentric association of Advocates, founded on Pan Africanist philosophy. It openly acknowledges that law is not a neutral domain, separate from social, economic and political power relations in society. PABASA believes that in the case of South Africa, law historically functioned as an instrument for enforcing colonial and apartheid projects. PABASA affirms that a transformed legal system requires a conscious and a critical engagement with the political nature of law itself, and the decolonisation of the law is an essential political act for the liberation of African people. PABASA trains advocates to be not only excellent and ethical in their craft, but also conscious that there can be no justice without equality."