“JULES Browde, one of South Africa most renowned and admired lawyers, died early on Tuesday morning at the age of 97, closing the curtain on a multifaceted career that colleagues said helped fundamentally reshape the legal profession in SA.

Constitutional Court Judge Edwin Cameron said on Tuesday that Browde was “a lion-hearted man, whose personal and professional ethics shone through in everything he did”.  Colleagues Gilbert Marcus and Matthew Chaskalson said Browde had an infectious enthusiasm, extraordinary empathy, a zest for life and deep commitment to human rights.  Marcus said he was “one of the giants of the bar”.