Thursday, September 9, 2010

From Albie Sachs, South Africa

Retired judge, Constitutional Court of South Africa (appointed by Nelson Mandela in 1994)

LOTS OF LOVE, AFFECTION AND APPRECIATION FROM ALBIE SACHS. RHONDA WAS A GREAT FRIEND OF OURS AND WONDERFUL SUPPORTER OF OUR STRUGGLE IN SOUTH AFRICA. SHE WAS PARTICULARLY INFLUENTIAL IN CONTRIBUTING TO DEBATES ON GENDER EQUALITY. SHE HAD A UNIQUE PERSONALITY AND STYLE, AND WE LOVED HER. HER INFLUENCE WAS GREAT AND WE HONOUR HER FOR WHAT SHE STOOD FOR AND THE PERSON SHE WAS.