5.2.4 South Africa: Constitutional Assembly
Description
This article is from the South Africa FAQ, by Scott Hazelhurst scott@cs.wits.ac.za with numerous contributions by others.
5.2.4 South Africa: Constitutional Assembly
The current constitution is an interim constitution and the
Constitutional Assembly is currently writing a new one. The
Constitutional Assembly comprises the Senate and the National Assembly
sitting jointly. The chairperson of the Constitutional Assembly is
Cyril Ramaphosa. The target date for adoption of a new constitution is
9 May 1996.
CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY Nov 10 Sapa
The panel of independent experts to advise the Constitutional
Assembly in its historic constitution-writing task over the next 18
months has been finalised by a CA sub-committee.
It is:
-- Professor Gerhard Erasmus, head of Public Law at Stellenbosch
University;
-- Prof Johan Kruger, attached to Potchefstroom University's
Sociology department;
-- Prof Christina Murray, director of the Law, Race and Gender unit
at the University of Cape Town;
-- Mrs Masechaba Sedibe-Ncholo, a Cambridge University graduate
doing pupillage to be an advocate;
-- Advocate Ishmael Semenya, a Johannesburg-based advocate;
-- Prof Johan van der Westhuizen, Director of the Centre for Human
Rights at Pretoria University; and
-- Advocate Zac Yacoob, a Durban advocate.
Parliament consists of the the Senate (90 members) and National
Assembly (400 members).
Continue to:
My Books
