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## Constitution

<notes>
 * sets basic rules for country → important to judge democratic, free and
   effective a government can be → most likely will be
</notes>

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### History

 * 1910: Voting rights only for Whites
 * 1961: Republic
 * 1983: Tricameral (white, coloured, indian) parliament
 * 1994 (Interim constitution): Rights for everyone

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 * 4 constitutions before current one
 * 1910: Made by Whites. Voting rights only for Whites.
 * 1960: SA became republic. No rights for Blacks.
 * 1983: Tricameral parliament (white, coloured, indian). No rights for blacks
   outside of the specific local area they were born in
 * 1994: Interim constitution: Rights for everyone, negotiated by 26 parties
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### Current Constitution (1996)

 * Past inequality was considered
 * Human rights play an important part
 * Eleven official languages

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 * Other person: Cyril Ramaphosa (current president)
 * Signed in 1996 by president Nelson Mandela; came into effect in 1997
 * Being new: Chance to learn from other democracies, their mistakes and the
   own past
 * Human rights: important part → later
 * 11 official languages; everyone can use the language of their choice
 * Electoral system →
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