Human Interest
Tributes still pouring in after death of Arthur Chaskalson─── 16:50 Mon, 03 Dec 2012
Tributes to former chief justice Arthur Chaskalson continue to pour in from political parties, the legal fraternity and civil society.
The ANC says Chaskalson's death left a void in the legal fraternity.
Party spokesperson Jackson Mthembu says Chaskalson had served the country selflessly and sterlingly as the Chief Justice and as the president of the Constitutional Court.
He says he also played a pivotal role in opposing apartheid laws.
Chaskalson died at the age of 81 in Johannesburg on Saturday, reportedly of leukaemia.
He was the first president of the Constitutional Court and was Chief Justice from November 2001 until he retired in 2005.
He'll be buried on Monday in a private, but special official funeral at Westpark cemetery, in Johannesburg.
Sapa
The ANC says Chaskalson's death left a void in the legal fraternity.
Party spokesperson Jackson Mthembu says Chaskalson had served the country selflessly and sterlingly as the Chief Justice and as the president of the Constitutional Court.
He says he also played a pivotal role in opposing apartheid laws.
Chaskalson died at the age of 81 in Johannesburg on Saturday, reportedly of leukaemia.
He was the first president of the Constitutional Court and was Chief Justice from November 2001 until he retired in 2005.
He'll be buried on Monday in a private, but special official funeral at Westpark cemetery, in Johannesburg.
Sapa
