around this change the Interim Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act, No. 200 of 1993 held the fort, as it were, until the final Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, was negotiated and promulgated. The Interim Constitution was repealed by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996.

The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa holds the all-important Bill of Rights, sets up the administrative, judicial and political systems and structures, defines