THE PREAMBLE OR FOUNDING STATEMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION

THE PREAMBLE OR FOUNDING STATEMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION

Preamble is a brief introductory statement of the Constitution’s fundamental purposes and guiding principles. It states in general terms, and courts have referred to it as a reliable evidence of the founding’s intentions regarding the Constitution’s meaning and what they hoped the constitution would achieve.

The founding statement of the constitution of the Republic of South Africa act 108 of 1996 is an index of the bill of rights that was made to right the injustices of the past. South Africa underwent a radical transition from the oppressive apartheid regime to a constitutional democracy committed the creation of a society based on democratic values, social justice and fundamental human rights.

White people finally realized their mistakes and injustices in mistreating the blacks and treating them as inferior people. They are now willing to fix their wrong doings and treat black people with respect and the same way they treat each other as whites. Those who have worked hard to build South Africa are honored by statues being built of them for example, the likes of Nelson Mandela who fought for the freedom that we have today and brought piece between white and blacks. He has fought against white domination. Some are parks, streets and roads named after them as to honor their bravery.

There are political parties that are there to insure that all is well, representatives are elected so that there can be rules everyone must follow. E.g. the President is there to rule and protect the country, in this case of this pandemic that the country is facing now which is the Corona virus the President of South Africa made all possible ways to ensure that we are safe and protected, he had to make ends meet to protect his people. So that’s what representatives are for, and by doing this the plan is to restore order and peace in our country.

The people of South Africa have faced a very difficult time during the apartheid era, and I can say that even now there’s still a gap between blacks and white people. We are still treated unfairly and discriminated against, I’ll make a living example by what just happened recently whereby a black man (George Floyd) was brutally killed by a white policeman. Countless campaigns have been held to voice that black lives matter but there are no changes. We are still treated unequal. Black people had no freedom nor rights to express their feelings, that’s when few South Africans went ahead and risked their lives, risked going to jail just to fight for freedom.

The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa was written in 1996, 2 years after the end of apartheid, an era whereby black people faced oppression from the white government as stated above. Therefore, the preamble focuses on addressing injustices of the past at first then further extends to pay tributes to those who suffered and lost their lives for justice.

The main ideas of the constitution are portrayed which focuses on Equality and Unity in the country, rectifying the injustices and begin a new leaf, where there is supreme law that allows everyone to be equal and free.