The Right to Life

CCAC #: 0056
Artwork title: The Right to Life
Artist(s): Wilma Cruise
Year made: 1994
Artwork type: Sculpture or object
Medium: Metal Lettering attached to Concrete
Dimensions (mm): 1200 x 5000
Source: Commissioned through a limited competition for the site by the Architectural Artworks Committee
Year acquired: 2006
Installation type: Integrated artwork
Location area: On public display
Signage:

These are the concluding words of Nelson Mandela’s four-hour statement during the Rivonia Treason Trial in 1964, shortly before being sentenced to life imprisonment. S v Makwanyane, one of the first cases heard by this court in 1995, found the death penalty unconstitutional.

Themes: Rivonia Treason Trial (1963-1964)
Constitutional links: Right to life (section 11)
Related Constitutional Court cases: S v Makwanyane & Another (1995)

CCAC 438420

Photographer: Unrecorded
Photo copyright: Consult with CCT curatorial team

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