Did you know that the Constitutional Court voted on whether to allow dagga to be used by Rastafarians in 2002?

The vote went ever so narrowly against Mr Prince with 5 of the 9 Constitutional Court Judges voting against.

You can hear former Justice Albie Sacks talking about it at 27:17 minutes in to this video of a talk he gave at a Stellenbosch University organized conference titled “Law and Religion in Africa – The Quest for the Common Good in Pluralistic Societies” on 26-28 of May 2014.

Emeritus Justice Albie Sachs: Law and Religion in Africa Conference Keynote 1

Two well-known figures in South African law, Emeritus Justice Albie Sachs and Chief Justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng, was the keynote speakers at an international co… …read more