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The Constitution is formally entitled the "Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996." It was previously also numbered as if it were an Act of Parliament – Act No. 108 of 1996 – but, since the passage of the Citation of Constitutional Laws Act , [ 2 ] neither it nor the acts amending it are allocated act numbers.
South Africa is generally considered to have had five constitutional documents since the Union was established in 1910, including the current one. The constitutions in chronological order are: South Africa Act 1909; Constitution of South Africa, 1961 (also known as the "Republican Constitution")
Act to amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, so as to extend the term of Municipal Councils; to provide for the designation of alternates in respect of certain members of the Judicial Service Commission; to amend the name of the Human Rights Commission; to adjust the powers of the Public Service Commission; and to extend and modify the application of transitional ...
2 May 2023: Assented to: 19 July 2023: Legislative history; Bill title: Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill: Bill citation: B1—2023: Introduced by: Ronald Lamola, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development: Introduced: 11 January 2023: Amends; Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996: Status: In force
Constitution Twelfth Amendment Bill: Bill citation: B33B—2005: Introduced by: Brigitte Mabandla, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development: Introduced: 30 September 2005: Amends; Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996: Repeals; Constitution Third Amendment Act of 1998 (effectively) Related legislation; Thirteenth ...
The Interim Constitution was to be implemented at 27 April 1994. On 2 March 1994, the proposed interim constitution was amended by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Act, 1994. This amendment created provisions for the creation of a Volkstaat Council. For this purpose a new chapter (11A) was inserted in the Interim ...
2 – South Africa and China exchange letters granting each other most-favoured-nation status. 8 – South Africa's new constitution is adopted by the Constitutional Assembly . 9 – The National Party withdraws from the coalition government, giving the African National Congress full political control.
It is most prominently associated with the abolition of capital punishment in South Africa, which was the result of the Constitutional Court's ruling in S v Makwanyane. Though Makwanyane was decided under the Interim Constitution, the Constitutional Court later upheld the ruling under the 1996 Constitution, including in Mohamed v President.