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To change inequality does not require knowing the future, to be certain of the outcome. It requires us to have belief in an idea and, like Mandela, try to make
The Constitution, which marks its 25th anniversary on Saturday, needs to be protected, writes
Thabo Mbeki. He argues that the defence put forward that constitutional democracy is a threat to democracy is part of a counter-revolutionary offensive aimed at overthrowing the ANC, and installing another power who would manage the country, without the framework of rules provided by our Constitution.
The Constitutional Assembly, democratically elected in 1994, adopted our National Constitution on 8 May 1966. Accordingly, together as liberated South Africa, we must join hands to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of a truly historic document.
During that famous session when the Constitution was formally adopted, President Nelson Mandela made these defining observations: