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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
<notes>
* 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
</notes>
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### Current Constitution (1996)
* Past inequality was considered
* Human rights play an important part
* Eleven official languages
<notes>
* 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 →
</notes>