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background-image="img/mandela-constitution-gray.jpg"
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## Constitution
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<notes>
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* sets basic rules for country → important to judge democratic, free and
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effective a government can be → most likely will be
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</notes>
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### History
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* 1910: Voting rights only for Whites
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* 1961: Republic
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* 1983: Tricameral (white, coloured, indian) parliament
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* 1994 (Interim constitution): Rights for everyone
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<notes>
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* 4 constitutions before current one
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* 1910: Made by Whites. Voting rights only for Whites.
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* 1960: SA became republic. No rights for Blacks.
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* 1983: Tricameral parliament (white, coloured, indian). No rights for blacks
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outside of the specific local area they were born in
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* 1994: Interim constitution: Rights for everyone, negotiated by 26 parties
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</notes>
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background-image="img/mandela-constitution.jpg"
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### Current Constitution (1996)
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* Past inequality was considered
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* Human rights play an important part
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* Eleven official languages
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<notes>
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* Other person: Cyril Ramaphosa (current president)
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* Signed in 1996 by president Nelson Mandela; came into effect in 1997
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* Being new: Chance to learn from other democracies, their mistakes and the
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own past
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* Human rights: important part → later
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* 11 official languages; everyone can use the language of their choice
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* Electoral system →
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</notes>
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