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Evolution of South Africa's Racist Constitutions and the 1983 Constitution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2019

Extract

Since the enforcement of 1983 constitution, several years have passed. The 1983 constitution is the third constitution since the founding of the Union of South Africa in 1910. By observing the history of the constitutional development in more than seventy years in South Africa and the content of the current South African constitution, it is not difficult to find out that the constitution, as a fundamental state law, is an important weapon of racism. South Africa's white regime consistandy upholds and consolidates its racist rule by adopting and implementing constitutions. The aim of this article is to analyze and expose the essence of the South African racist system in mis aspect.

Type
Insight: On Southern Africa
Copyright
Copyright © African Studies Association 1987 

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