The institutional nature of the Constitutional Court The journey towards this decision had several steps and was altered under the final Constitution: Sensitive to the possibility that the Appellate Division might feel undermined by a new separate court with considerable powers, the negotiators at first proposed that the Appellate Division should remain the final arbiter …
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Proposed Preamble
Administration Cyril Ramaphosa decided that he couldn’t rely on the already overstretched parliamentary administration to undertake the responsibility for the Constitutional Assembly. They needed to establish their own administration. Ramaphosa immediately approached Hassen Ebrahim, a senior ANC official throughout the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) process and who had been a senior official …
Management Committee 12 Members The Management Committee shaped the constitution-writing process at its weekly 8 a.m. meetings in V16, the room used for state security briefings in President PW Botha’s time. From left, deputy executive director Marion Sparg, General Constand Viljoen (FF), Colin Eglin (DP), Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini (ANC), Mohammed Valli Moosa (ANC), executive director Hassen …
Panel of Independent Constitutional Experts 7 Members An independent panel of constitutional experts consisting of seven members was set up to assist with conflict-resolution and to advise the Chairpersons and the CA. The members were: Prof MG Erasmus, Prof C Murray, Advocate I Semenya, Adv Z Yacoob, Prof J Kruger, MP Sedibe-Ncholo and Prof J …
Constitutional Committee 46 Members The 46-member multi-party Constitutional Committee was one of the first structures set up by the CA to act as a central co-ordinating body in the constitution-making process, and to negotiate the draft text of the Constitution. This Committee received reports from the Theme Committees and in turn, prepared reports for the …
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.
