Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 281,491 playable programmes from the BBC

The Essay

Strange Justice

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

After many years as an anti-apartheid activist and member of the ANC, lawyer Albie Sachs was almost killed by a car bomb planted by South African security agents. He lost his right arm and an eye, but after a period in exile returned to South Africa and was appointed by Nelson Mandela to be Justice of the Constitutional Court.
In this series of essays, he reflects on the life and work of the court and on some of the most difficult judgments he himself has had to make.

First broadcast in June 2012. Show less

About this data

This data is drawn from the data stream that informs BBC's iPlayer and Sounds. The information shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was/is subject to change and may not be accurate. More