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The Constitution is formally entitled the "Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996." It was previously also numbered as if it were an Act of Parliament – Act No. 108 of 1996 – but, since the passage of the Citation of Constitutional Laws Act , [ 2 ] neither it nor the acts amending it are allocated act numbers.
Du Plessis and Others v De Klerk and Another is a 1996 decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.Though arising from a defamation case in the law of delict, it had broad significance for the application of the Interim Constitution both to pre-constitutional conduct and to private disputes.
Constitution of South Africa, 1996 (also known as the "Final Constitution") The Interim Constitution abolished South Africa's system of parliamentary sovereignty and replaced it with a dispensation wherein the Constitution is the supreme law, as opposed to the will of Parliament .
The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 1996.. The eleven members of the court during 1996 were President Arthur Chaskalson, Deputy President Ismail Mahomed, and judges Lourens Ackermann, John Didcott, Richard Goldstone, Johann Kriegler, Pius Langa, Tholie Madala, Yvonne Mokgoro, Kate O'Regan and Albie Sachs.
The following articles list the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa by year of delivery ... Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 1996;
2 – South Africa and China exchange letters granting each other most-favoured-nation status. 8 – South Africa's new constitution is adopted by the Constitutional Assembly. 9 – The National Party withdraws from the coalition government, giving the African National Congress full political control. June
South Africa's first bill of rights was drafted primarily by Kader Asmal and Albie Sachs in 1988 from Asmal's home in Dublin, Ireland. [1] The text was eventually contained in Chapter 3 of the transitional Constitution of 1993, which was drawn up as part of the negotiations to end apartheid.
Act to amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, so as to change the title of the President of the Constitutional Court to that of Chief Justice; to provide for the offices of Deputy Chief Justice, President of the Supreme Court of Appeal and Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal; to provide for the extension of the term of office of a Constitutional Court judge ...