‘Contributing to this project has allowed me to think about the Constitution as a living, animated part of our daily lives. It’s not just this sanitized document of laws and rules that I thought it was, instead, it’s this strange living, breathing thing that animates itself in all of our interactions; it lives in those pauses of our conversations, drawing on all of our messy and implausible history what steps we take next. It is literally how we’re constituted.’
Listen to historymaker, political activist and business woman, Cheryl Carolus, share what the Constitution means
Listen to activist and son of Oliver Tambo, Dali Tambo, share what the Constitution means
Listen to activist and former member of the Democratic Alliance, Lindiwe Mazibuko, share what 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.
