Mandela Lecture: Albie Sachs in conversation with Eva Brems (UGent)

Albie Sachs recently watched the Constitutional Court of South Africa, on which he had served as a Justice for fi fteen years, declare the conduct of the President, who had been his comrade in the struggle, to be unconstitutional. What does this example of judicial independence say about the future of democracy and Mandela’s legacy in South Africa?