Albert was born in Woodstock in 1959 and attended school in District Six at Berlin Mission Primary. After his family was forcibly removed to Hanover Park, he attended Hanover Park High, where in 1976 he was expelled for his involvement in the student uprisings. He matriculated from Oaklands High in 1978.

Albert married Dianne (nee Veldsman) in 2000. They have one child, Charlton, and now live in Goodwood.

Mr Fritz has been involved in politics for as long as he can remember, first in the black consciousness movement, the Cape Youth Congress, then in the formation of the United Democratic Front and then in the trade union movement, where he worked as an organiser.

In 1999, Mr Fritz was appointed as Judicial Inspector in the Office of the Inspecting Judge of Prisons, tasked with the oversight of conditions in prisons and the proper functioning of the prison service. It was here that Mr Fritz first encountered systemic corruption which was being ignored by the ruling party. In 2002, Mr Fritz was appointed Chief Inspector of Prisons, tasked with oversight of the functioning of the criminal justice system and treatment of prisoners, reporting to Judges Yekiso, Fagan, Trengrove, Erasmus and van Zyl.

In his time as Prisons Inspector, Mr Fritz worked closely with the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services and specifically the DA's representative on that Committee, Mr James Selfe MP. It was through this relationship that Mr. Fritz came to be convinced of the significance of the Open Opportunity Society for All and the future that this vision promises for South Africa.

Since April 2009, he has served as the DA's Deputy Shadow Minister on Correctional Services as part of a formidable DA team, which has forced the review of the medical parole policy, and has exposed mismanagement in the department.