Acclaimed founding father of the US constitution and its Bill of Rights in the 18th century, and the fourth country’s president, James Madison, wrote: “If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.”
There are many South Africans, driven by political ideology, who believe the country’s Constitution is a “sell-out” product, borne out of the “discredited Codesa (Convention for a Democratic SA) sell-out project”.
At a rally at the Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, early this year to launch the EFF’s manifesto, the party’s president Julius Malema said: “We are not part of the 1994 elite pact… We don’t owe the Boers anything. We are a new generation with our own challenges.
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