Identity area
Type of entity
Governmental body
Authorized form of name
Constitutional Assembly
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
CA
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
1995-1996
History
One of Convention for a Democratic South Africa duties was to form a Constitutional Assembly to draft a constitution for the new South Africa. The African National Congress and Pan Africanist Congress wanted it to be elected immediately but the National Party objected and in 1993 a compromise was reached that the matter would be shelved until after the 1994 election. An interim constitution was drafted as a temporary measure. After the election the CA was duly formed comprising the members of the House of Assembly and Senate sitting together. Some 2 years later, after the initial draft had been sent back for refinement, the new constitution was approved in 1996.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
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Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
CA
Institution identifier
NAR
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
24 February 2023
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin