MC 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Constitution Of South Africa, Article Four Of The United States Constitution, Freedom Charter
Deconstructing the Apartheid State
Lecture
➢ Anti-Apartheid movement and its goals
o African national congress (ANC)
▪ Non-racialism
• Overcoming racism
• Eliminating racialism
• Universal citizenship
o Anti- Apartheid Movement (ANC)
▪ The freedom charter (1955)
• The people shall govern
• All national groups shall have equal rights
• The people shall shae i the outy’s ealth
• The land shall be shared among those who work it
• All shall be equal before the law
• All shall enjoy equal human rights
• There shall be work and security
• The doors of learning and of culture shall be opened
• There shall be houses, security and comfort
• There shall be peace and friendship
o CPSA
▪ Communist party of south Africa
• Universal citizenship
• Self-determination for Africans (native republic)
o Black Consciousness
▪ Redefie ae ad lakess
▪ Psychological liberation before institutional liberation
▪ Blacks must work for themselves and by themselves
o Deconstructing the apartheid state
▪ Emergence of new coalition/pact
• Moderates in NP
• Moderates in ANC
• Business interests
o In what ways does the 1996 constitution expand political, economic and social
inclusion for all south Africans?
▪ Common citizenship
▪ Universal suffrage
▪ Language
▪ Non-discrimination
▪ Freedom of movement/housing
▪ Rights of accused/arrested persons
➢ In what ways, might the 1996 constitution maintain the values of the apartheid state?
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