 Edwin Cameron has said she is "one of the finest minds ever appointed as a judge in South Africa".After O'Regan retired, along with Pius Langa, Yvonne Mokgoro and Albie Sachs, these four founding members of the Court were replaced by President Jacob Zuma's first raft of senior judicial appointees.This significant change in the Court's composition was seen by some as marking the start of its decline.