in the 1995 judgment of the constitutional court that outlawed capital punishment, jus tice arthur chaskalson wrote: "the rights to life and dignity are the most important of all human rights and the source of all other personal rights.

ka selemo sa 1995 kahlolo ya lekgotla la molaotheo e ile ya e ba ho fedisa kahlolo ya lefu, moahlodi arthur chaskalson o ile a ngola hore: "tokelo ya ho phela le seriti ke tsa bohlokwahadi tsa ditokelo tsa botho le mohlodi wa ditokelo tse ding tsa motho.
