Chapter 14 General Provisions This chapter contains general provisions on various matters of the Constitution, such as the Constitution’s commencement dates. It also contains specific provisions about international agreements and customary international law and how these apply in South Africa. This chapter provides that international agreements become binding once they have been signed into law …
Chapter 13 Finance Chapter 13 contains provisions to: regulate financial management in the national government and provincial governments; to ensure that all revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities of those governments are managed efficiently and effectively; and to provide for the responsibilities of persons entrusted with financial management in those governments. This chapter gives emphasis to …
Chapter 12 Traditional Leaders This chapter deals with traditional leaders and their role in our democracy. The role and status of traditional leadership according to customary law are recognised. It allows for traditional authorities to function within the framework of the country’s legal system. The Constitution establishes a National Council of Traditional Leaders and Provincial …
Chapter 11 Security services This chapter deals with the police, army and intelligence services and states how they must work in order to secure the state. This chapter also requires security services to operate in a manner that does not violate important constitutional values and principles. Security services consist of one defence force, a police …
Chapter 10 Public administration This chapter sets out the principles which govern the public administration and people who are employed by the state. It also sets out the principles and framework within which the public administration must operate in order to deliver government services to the people. The government cannot hope to realise the vision …
Chapter 9 State institutions supporting constitutional democracy Chapter 9 of the Constitution establishes a number of state institutions tasked with supporting our constitutional democracy. The task of these institutions is to promote and protect those rights within the Bill of Rights which fall within their particular area. These bodies are autonomous and other state departments …
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Chapter 8 Courts and administration of justice Chapter 8 of the Constitution defines the structure and power of the judiciary, with section 165 of the Constitution conferring the judicial authority to the courts. Judicial authority empowers the courts to interpret and apply the law when considering legal cases before them. The head of the judiciary …
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Chapter 7 Local Government This chapter describes the status, powers, functions and composition of local government/municipalities. It explains the makeup of local government, its powers and functions. Local governments make decisions and laws for their municipal areas. Municipal councils carry out the executive and legislative functions of local government. Municipal councils are elected every 5 …
Chapter 6 Provinces This chapter sets out the makeup of provincial legislatures and executives and their powers. It also sets out the areas over which both the national government and the provincial government may make laws and states what happens if these laws contradict each other. This chapter also deals with the drafting of provincial …
Chapter 5 The President and National Executive The National Executive consists of the President, the Deputy President and ministers. The President can exercise no power not conferred by law and the exercise of that power must be rational, which has been interpreted by legal experts to mean that the President must act rationally when appointing …
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President Mandela gives his State of the Nation address in Parliament. Mandela ends his address with the words, “Let us all get down to work”.
President Nelson Mandela announces his cabinet. It includes members of the African National Congress, National Party and Inkatha Freedom Party.
