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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.
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. 19 – Cuban Foreign Minister Roberto Robaina Gonzalez visits South Africa. July. Nelson Mandela visits the United Kingdom on a ...
Chapter Two of the Constitution of South Africa contains the Bill of Rights, a human rights charter that protects the civil, political and socio-economic rights of all people in South Africa. The rights in the Bill apply to all law, including the common law , and bind all branches of the government, including the national executive, Parliament ...
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, came into force on 4 February 1997 but the existing Parliament continued without an election. Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Act, 1997 (before 2005) Constitution First Amendment Act of 1997 (after 2005) 1: Adjustments Appropriation Act, 1997: 2
All women in South Africa were not formally recognized as equal citizens until the establishment of the Constitution of South Africa in 1996. This Constitution included a special section for women called "Equality." Sections 9, 10, 11, and 12 of the Bill of Rights allude to women as equals and the basis for how they should be treated.
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.
According to South African History Online, On 7 July 1996,in a television broadcast President Nelson Mandela confirmed the rumours that he would not stand for re-election in 1999. In this in ...
Hoffmann v South African Airways (2000) — a government-owned airline's policy of refusing to hire HIV-positive people as flight attendants violates the right to equality. Satchwell v President of the Republic of South Africa and Another (2002) — pension and retirement benefits provided to the spouses of judges must be equally provided to ...