The country must chart a humane policy for refugees that flows from the spirit and objects of the post-apartheid constitutional order
Three buildings in the inner city, now transformed into affordable housing units, commemorate their history
The sense that the commissioners who nominated five candidates for appointment to the Constitutional Court voted for their constituencies, rather than with their conscience, is difficult to shake off.
Johannes Mahlangu’s torture by police and charge for a murder he didn’t commit should never have happened
Now these important policy developments must be implemented
Michael Richman’s career was closely linked with those who suffered the injustices of apartheid
Protecting and preserving historical records has been the cornerstone of SAHA’s work. But after a cost order, they could be out of business.
The Constitution is SA’s greatest tribute to the people who died in the struggle for liberation, writes former Constitutional Court judge Albie Sachs.
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He had the vision and the conviction that a Bill of Rights was the right way to go
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The retired Constitutional Court judge praised the Fees Must Fall movement for raising important issues, but cautioned against the use of violence.
A monograph on the work of artist Sue Williamson coincides with a new show at Cape Town’s Goodman Gallery.
Former Constitutional Court justice Albie Sachs is bound to art and politics by love and lineage. He chats about this and his years of art collecting.
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/ 29 September 2011
South Africa has a strong judiciary, former Constitutional Court judge Albie Sachs said on Wednesday.
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/ 29 November 2010
Albie Sachs goes Barefoot Against Poverty in a campaign that aims to create greater awareness of poverty and division in South Africa.
Albie Sachs celebrates the achievements of the
Constitutional Court, but provides little critical reflection.
The barring of Judge Richard Goldstone from his grandson’s bar mitzvah was profoundly sad, said former Constitutional Court judge Albie Sachs.
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/ 23 October 2009
Clumsy intensity and toothless delicacy are equal and opposite errors in constitutional law. Law is, as Judge Albie Sachs says, ”congealed politics”.
Jackie Kemp interviews Albie Sachs whose
mould-breaking judgments have drawn world attention.
Pretoria High Court Judge Eberhard Bertelsmann has withdrawn from the race to succeed Constitutional Court Judge Tholakele Madala.
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/ 28 September 2008
One of the first hot potatoes President Kgalema Motlanthe will have to handle is the choice of the 18th judge of the Constitutional Court.
Commentators weigh in on the likely Constitutional Court candidates
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/ 22 November 2007
It would be a recipe for disaster if the intelligence services had to apply to the courts every time it wanted classified documents kept from the public, the Constitutional Court heard on Thursday. ”This would be hopelessly impractical,” said David Unterhalter, counsel for the Intelligence Ministry and the Presidency.
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/ 9 November 2007
Designing a code of conduct for a liberation struggle in exile was the most significant work of his career, Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs said on Thursday. ”To my mind that was the beginning of the constitutionality at the heart, at the core of the freedom struggle,” Sachs said in delivering the second annual Abdullah Omar Memorial Lecture.
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/ 16 October 2007
This is no time for panic, or for manic depression of the sort that Xolela Mangcu displayed in a column last weekend. This is politics, not rugby — so the national state of mind should be governed by clear-headed questions, not by the hyperbole of triumph and disaster. We must keep a sense of perspective.
The Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that President Thabo Mbeki did have the power to sack former National Intelligence Agency director general Billy Masetlha. The president had the power to terminate his employment under section 209(2) of the Constitution, read with section 3 of the Intelligence Services Act.
”I’m not coming to complain, I’ve ‘ just come back to see how things have changed”
Albie Sachs, bound for the beach, opens his car … and it explodes.