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                                     These               2018 and 2019 the overall picture is very positive, with average
                           percentages                   appointments exceeding 50% for both black and female
                                   show a                appointments respectively.
                                  growing
                                   pool of               In 2018, 63.24% of all  candidate  attorney appointments in the
                            young black                  Group were black candidate attorneys, with 38.24% being black
                             and female                  females and an overall percentage of 60.3% being female
                              candidate                  appointments.  In  2019,  the  picture  was  very  similar  with  63.64%
                            attorneys at                 of all appointments made being black candidate attorneys, with
                           member firms                  41.82% being black females and an overall percentage of 61.82%
                                                         being female appointments. These strong percentages show that
                                                         the processes put in place for the recruitment of graduates are
                                                         working and producing a growing pool of young black and female
                                                         candidate attorneys at member firms.

                                                         When looking at the provincial appointment statistics of member
                                                         firms it is still apparent (although steadily reducing) that provinces
                                                         with more rural firms i.e. firms further away from main centres
                                                         and universities, are still at a disadvantage when recruiting black
                                                         candidates  as  compared  to  provinces  with  more  urban  firms  or
                                                         firms in larger centres. Gauteng and Western Cape are good
                                                         examples here, leading with an average of approximately 70%
                                                         black candidate attorney appointments, which evidences the
                                                         greater ability of these firms to attract candidates.







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