Albie Sachs

Dealing with the challenges of post-apartheid South Africa

Steven Sackur talks to Albie Sachs, Justice of the South African Constitutional Court and a former ANC member and freedom fighter about the main challenges of post-apartheid South Africa.

How do societies find a workable balance between individual freedom and collective security?

Is punishment or reconciliation the most effective response to political violence?

In South Africa a generation of freedom fighters turned state builders have spent their lives wrestling with the toughest questions about human rights and justice but have they found the right answers?

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