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Celebrating Mandela Day at Logwood Village
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The Chief Executive of The Constitution Hill Trust Dr Ivan May speaks during the official launch of former Constitutional Court Judge Albie Sachs’ book, The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law. The launch also coincided with Sachs’ farewell ceremony. “It is our great pleasure as the Constitution Hill Trust to be a part of history today as we celebrate the illustrious career of one of South Africa’s devoted sons,” May said.
Former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Arthur Chaskalson listens on during the launch of The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law, a book by his colleague former Constitutional Court Judge, Arthur Chaskalson in October 2009 at the Constitution Hill in Johannesburg. “What inspired me to write this book was to share with the readers the actual passion and intellectual drama of being a judge, someone who is supposed to be a cold rational creature and abstracted from the world,” Sachs said.
The Constitution Hill members of staff perform a song in honour of former Constitutional Court Judge Albie Sachs during his farewell ceremony and launch of his new book The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law. Situated at the Old Fort Prison complex, on the outskirts of Hillbrow, Constitution Hill is one of the oldest remaining buildings in the rapidly changing landscape of the city of Johannesburg. Virtually every important leader from Nelson Mandela, to Mahatma Gandhi and Albertina Sisulu as well as scores of ordinary South Africans caught up in the web of the apartheid regime, were been detained at Constitution Hill.
Radio Presenter and author, Jenny Crys-Williams was one of the distinguished speakers at the official launch of former Constitutional Court Judge Albie Sachs’s book titled The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law. The launch also doubled up as a farewell ceremony for Sachs who served the Court for 15 years. The book is published by Oxford University Press and was launched at The Constitution Hill, Johannesburg in October 2009.
Former Constitutional Court Judge, Albie Sachs, signs a copy of his new book The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law during its launch in October 2009. In the book published by Oxford University Press, Judge Sachs shares in intimate fashion what it has been like to be a judge in post-apartheid South Africa and how his extraordinary life has influenced his approach to the cases before him, and his views on the nature of justice and its achievement through law.