Mark Oppenheimer interviews Justices of the Constitutional Court and the advocates that appeared before them about the Court's most famous cases. Justices Albie Sachs, Kate O'Regan, Johan Kriegler, and Yvonne Mokgoro feature alongside advocates Wim Trengove, Gilbert Marcus, Peter Hodes, and Salim Nakhjavani.
The first episode is Jacob Zuma: From a Palace to Prison
For the first time in South African history, the Constitutional Court sentenced a Former President to prison, but it was not the first time that the Court held Jacob Zuma to account. Mark Oppenheimer interviews Gilbert Marcus and Wim Trengove about their roles in the Nkandla case. The episode also features original footage from Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and Justice Sisi Khampepe's judgments.
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