The interim Constitution and the 1996 South African Constitution are products of a
compromise between various political parties, mainly those that advocated for a unitary
system, for example the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress
(PAC) were the leading proponents , anti the parties that advocated for a federal constitution,
the significant ones being the Inkatha Freedom Party (lFP), the National Party (NP) and the
Democratic Party (DP).
The interim Constitution and the 1996 South African Constitution contain both unitary and
substantial federal characteristics.
The study deals with the origins of the federal idea and how the concept federalism is
understood and applied internationally, and draws out some key characteristics that are
common in federal constitutions so as to measure the interim Constitution and the 1996
South African Constitution against such common characteristics.
The conclusion deals with recommendations of how the substantial federal characteristics
could be effectively managed through intergovernmental relations / Political Science / M.A. (African Politics)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/16038 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Sindane, Jabulani Isaac |
| Contributors | Hugo, P. J. (Pierre J.), De Villiers, B. (Bertus) |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (vii, 132 leaves) |
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