Diplomacy · Intl
CONSTITUTION @ 30: ‘The judges in green’ — The story behind the Constitutional Court’s iconic robes
Anna Cox · Daily Maverick
Published 16 Oct 2026, 6:29 am·just now·1 min read
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At one of the first meetings of the Constitutional Court, its president, Arthur Chaskalson, tasked Justices Albie Sachs and Yvonne Mokgoro with ‘décor’ and gave them R10,000. That’s where the story of the court’s iconic green robes begins.
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