Episode 2
Albie Sachs reflects on his time as a justice of South Africa's Constitutional Court and on highly sensitive issues ushered in by the new South Africa.
Albie Sachs was appointed by Nelson Mandela to be Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. In the second of his five Essays, he reflects on the personal challenges he faced when dealing with the highly sensitive issues which came in the wake of the new South Africa.
First broadcast in June 2012.
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