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The stirring collection of essays, talks and extracts by activists and former judge Albie Sachs marks more than 25 years of thinking about constitution making and non-racialism. Following the Constitutional Court's landmark Nkandla ruling in March 2016, it serves as a powerful reminder of the tenets of the Constitution, the rule of law and the continuous struggle to uphold democratic rights and freedoms. We, the People offers an intimate, insider's view of South Africa's Constitution by a writer who has been deeply entrenched in its historical journey from the depths of apartheid right up to the politically contested present. As a second-year law student at the University of Cape Town, Sachs took part in the Defiance Campaign and went on to attend the Congress of the People in Kliptown, where the Freedom Charter was adopted in 1955

In November 1989 the lawyer and writer Albie Sachs was asked by Index on Censorship to look ahead to constitutional reform and how to enshrine freedom of expression in a post-apartheid charter. It was fantasy. Then came the unbanning of the ANC on 2 February, the release of Nelson Mandela on 11 February, and his reunion with Oliver Tambo in Sweden on 12 March, which promised real change. The following are extracts from the conversation about South Africa in the future