South Africa Constitutional Court's green robes: origin story of judicial identity

A feature article recounts the origin of the South African Constitutional Court's distinctive green robes, commissioned by President Arthur Chaskalson with a R10,000 budget and designed by Justices Albie Sachs and Yvonne Mokgoro. The narrative highlights the court's post-apartheid identity and symbolic break from colonial judicial tradition. This is a cultural-historical retrospective with no immediate policy or market implications.