In these powerful words, Justice Mahomed captured the mission of the South African Constitution: to transform South African society from a deeply unjust past to a future that would instantiate the highest universal ideals.
The ambition was vast, namely, through legal means, effectively to bring about fundamental change in the society. The tools were an entrenched bill of rights, and a range of new institutional structures including a Constitutional Court, Human Rights Commission and Ombudsperson.