Constitutonal Design

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There are certain basic rules that the citizens and the government have to follow. All such rules together are called the constitution.

1. Nelson Mandela, the South African leader of African National Congress, fought a long battle against Apartheid.
2. Imprisoned for 28 years (1964–1992) emerged as the First President of the Republic of South Africa.
3. People struggled against the horrible discrimination practised against them by the white minority rulers.
4. Apartheid finally defeated in 1994 and a new constitution made in 1996.
5. Remarkable constitution, forgot past sufferings, sought co-operation of all the races which make S. Africa based on equality, democratic values and social justice.

1. Apartheid was the name of a system of racial discrimination unique to South Africa.
2. The white Europeans imposed this system on South Africa.
3. The system of public toilets were all separate for the whites and blacks. This was called segregation.
4. They could not even visit the churches where the whites worshipped.
5. 1950, the blacks, coloured and Indians fought against the apartheid system.
6. They launched protest marches and strikes.

The party that ruled through oppression and brutal killings and the party that led the freedom struggle sat together to draw up a common constitution.

The South African constitution inspires Democrats all over the world, one of the finest constitutions the world has ever had.