Good people can’t be lawyers. Despite this mantra being drummed into her from a young age, Advocate Thuli Madonsela chose to study law.
Madonsela was an adviser to black trade unions during apartheid, and a core member of the team that drafted South Africa’s Constitution – one of the most progressive in the world – “working mostly on customary law, traditional leadership and culture issues”. She then became South Africa’s Public Protector, the first woman to hold the position, in 2009.
