Farmers and pastoralists taking time off their daily social and economic activities to cast their votes - Courtesy of the Daily Nation Am currently reading a book, partly because it is by a renowned judge, whose inspiring life leaves me in awe, and partly because am trying to get a South African perspective for my Master’s Thesis. The Book is The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law (2009) , by Justice Albie Sachs, former Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, and currently a member of the Judges and Magistrates vetting Board in Kenya. The book gives a moving account of his life prior to being appointed to the court by president Nelson Mandela, his activities in support of the ANC, how his life experiences including surviving a near death experience after being bombed by secret service of the then apartheid government, and how these greatly influenced his decisions while serving in the highest court in the country – a court that is respected in Africa beyond.
Through the eye of a lawyer with a passion for human rights and social justice...