Category: AC – IMSSA memoirs
IMSSA early days: Creation and development
In 1981 the Ford Foundation generously donated funds to enable a mediation service to be established in South Africa. Thanks mainly to the efforts and drive of the late Loet Douws Dekker steps were taken to arrange for...
Read MoreImssa conference photo: Circa 1986
Some of the persons in the photo in no particular order and others to be added soon (still searching memory and seeking assistance): Justice John Murphy, Paul Pretorius SC, Mark Antrobus, John MacRobert, Charles Nupen, Bontle...
Read MoreAppropriate dispute resolution: (ADR) mechanisms
Thanks to ACCORD it is possible to read about the early history and development of the Independent Mediation Service of South Africa (IMSSA) and the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) seen through the...
Read MoreFrederik Van Zyl Slabbert – IMSSA & IDASA
I wish to add my sincere condolences to his family and many friends and to express my sadness at the loss of a great South African last Friday. ‘Van’, as he was affectionately known to his friends, was not only a great human...
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