But, 10 minutes before the end of the meeting, the PAC leaves - accusing the ANC of "selling out".Codesa's first session, on 20 and 21 December, adopts a declaration of intent, which all parties - except the IFP and the Bophuthatswana government - sign. Later in the month, the channel between Ramaphosa and Meyer is reinstated to find solutions.The text is amended; in October it is adopted by the Constitutional Assembly and sent to the Constitutional Court again. The constitutional assembly sat between May 1994 and October 1996 drafting and completing the new constitution. The new Constitution was the embodiment of the vision of generations of anti-apartheid freedom fighters and democrats who had fought for the principle that South African belonged to all, for non racialism and for human rights.The guiding principles of the new constitution were first articulated in the ANC's African Claims document of 1943, the Non-European Unity Movements 10 point program of 1943, and the 1955 Congress Alliance Freedom Charter.

The new Constitution was the embodiment of the vision of generations of anti-apartheid freedom fighters … Many die.
After consultations with other members of the Patriotic Front, the ANC puts forward a compromise proposal. The committee also approves a draft resolution noting an urgent need to inspire confidence in negotiations. It stages a walkout from the negotiations, but returns to the next meeting. Significant amendments include the enactment and subsequent repeal of,This version of the Constitution includes all amendments up to and including those introduced by the,Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996,enacted by the Constitutional Assembly of South Africa and amended by the Parliament of South Africa,Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 —,Constitution Seventeenth Amendment Act of 2012,Constitution Second Amendment Act of 1998,Constitution Fourth Amendment Act of 1999,Constitution Seventh Amendment Act of 2001,Constitution Eighth Amendment Act of 2002,Constitution Eleventh Amendment Act of 2003,Constitution Twelfth Amendment Act of 2005,Constitution Thirteenth Amendment Act of 2007,Constitution Fourteenth Amendment Act of 2008,Constitution Fifteenth Amendment Act of 2008,Constitution Sixteenth Amendment Act of 2009,https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Constitution_of_the_Republic_of_South_Africa,_1996&oldid=7224551,Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.This page was last edited on 29 January 2018, at 10:16. STATUTES OF T€E &PUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA-CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act, SS. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land, against which all other laws are judged.

The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, was approved by the Constitutional Court (CC) on 4 December 1996 and took effect on 4 February 1997. Twenty-six parties and organisations attend; a resolution calling for the resumption of negotiations is adopted.At the end of March the Patriotic Front meets - and collapses as the PAC and Azapo accuse the ANC of "selling out".On 1 April the Multiparty Negotiating Forum (MPNF) gathers. The inauguration of the Union of South Africa follows soon afterwards,The Atlantic Charter, which Franklin D Roosevelt and Winston Churchill sign in.Two years later, Chief Albert Luthuli writes to JG Strijdom, the Prime Minister, pleading for the establishment of a non-racial convention.Nelson Mandela, who is underground at the time, pays a surprise visit. Each of the four unified states was allowed to keep its existing franchise qualifications, and Cape Colony was the only … On May 31, 1910, the Union of South Africa was formed under British dominion.

The constitution made provision for the establishment of a constitutional court which is the final arbitrator of the interoperation of the constitution.