South Africa is counting down to a big anniversary, 20 years since the first democratic elections.
So, how is it doing on key factors such as security, violence and civil rights?
Well, good and bad, as one prominent jurist puts it.
Edwin Cameron, a judge on the Constitutional Court, first rose to prominence as a Rhodes Scholar, law professor and human rights lawyer.
He's also openly gay.
SBS presenter Anton Enus caught up with Justice Cameron to get his sense of how South Africa is faring.
WATCH: Anton Enus' report on South Africa 20 years on
WATCH extended interview with Edwin Cameron, via YouTube: