THE VISION OF RWM ATTORNEYS BY THE CHAIRMAN:

Our firm has a very long and proud history going back 118 years. Its track record over this period speaks for itself. The challenge to the present management whose responsibility it is to drive the vision forward lies in how well we embrace change. The organization must be prepared to change everything about itself except its basic beliefs as it moves through corporate life. As Jim Collins properly articulated the matter, the only sacred cow in an organization should be its basic philosophy of doing business. To this end we have during 2007, for the first time in the entire history of the firm undergone a name change from ROOTH & WESSELS, to ROOTH WESSELS MALULEKE Inc, giving life to our commitment of preserving the core while stimulating progress. Further to this commitment we have undertaken and bound ourselves to becoming the break-away firm.

This vision has a number of very important themes which shall now address. First of all we have to accelerate our transformation and empowerment objectives by having clearly defined goals and courageous measurable action plans. Secondly it is essential that as a firm we invest in capacity and skill building of all our employees in order to fast track our mission towards achieving long term success. Thirdly we welcome and encourage diversity as it produces an inspired environment that generates creative thinking, better solutions and increased understanding both for our staff and our clients. Fourthly we have a responsibility to our staff and managers alike to invest in their training to ensure that the leadership, staff and management of the firm is adequately trained to achieve the objectives of a team reflective of the diversity of our South African population. In the fifth place we have to align the profile and image of the firm, its strategy and positioning in a manner that enables the firm to be a relevant and valuable partner to all our stakeholders. In this regard we have to enforce the basic standards of quality, client service and hard work. Finally we must assist the government in its drive for the eradication of poverty, high levels of illiteracy, access to justice, crime prevention, HIV and AIDS, and job creation as part of our Corporate Social Investment. In this regard the firm endeavors to constantly identify organizations involved in these projects to lend a helping hand.