O’REGAN J and SACHS J For the Appellants: D. N. Unterhalter SC, C. R. Jansen and N. Janse van Nieuwenhuzien, instructed by Julian Knight and Associates, Pretoria. For the Respondent: W. Trengove SC and A. Cockrell, instructed by the State Attorney, Johannesburg. For the First, Second and Third Amici Curiae: G. J. Marcus SC and S. J. Cowen, instructed by the Women’s Legal Centre, Cape Town. For the Fourth Amicus Curiae: S. Stein, instructed by the Legal Resources Centre, Johannesburg. For the Fifth and Sixth Amici Curiae: C. R. Jansen, instructed by Botha Willemse and Wilkinson Attorneys, Pretoria. For the Seventh Amicus Curiae: M. Chaskalson, instructed by Shannon Little Attorneys, Johannesburg. 88