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Submitted | first-name | support | concern | top-concern | message |
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2026-08-30 17:32:46 +02:00 | David | No I do not | All of the above | Breach of Trust: The 1994 Negotiated Settlement | |
2026-08-27 12:30:41 +02:00 | Andy | No I do not | Democratic Pathways: Closing Peaceful Avenues | ||
2026-08-26 22:36:05 +02:00 | Desne | No I do not | All of the above | Breach of Trust: The 1994 Negotiated Settlement | |
2026-08-26 17:45:17 +02:00 | Susanna | No I do not | Breach of Trust: The 1994 Negotiated Settlement | ||
2026-08-26 17:08:44 +02:00 | Johannes | No I do not | Breach of Trust: The 1994 Negotiated Settlement | ||
2026-08-23 20:19:00 +02:00 | Deirdre | No I do not | Breach of Trust: The 1994 Negotiated Settlement | The fact that South Africans reconciled after 1994 does not mean they share values such as culture & language. The authors of our constitution understood that and it defines us. The Zulu nation should have their King as they always have, but the concept is foreign to most South Africans. Self determination was part of a negotiated settlement and the constitution cannot be changed at the whim of a minority | |
2026-08-17 05:48:47 +02:00 | Zibangele Gruncwana | Yes I do | Enclave Risks: Preventing 'Racist Enclaves' | The opposite of the Bill is apartheid separate development strategy being re-instated. It is a strategy under the current Constitution to surreptitiously balkanise South Africa along racial lines destroying South Africa as a unitary State. A betrayal to Nelson Mandela's vision held by a overwhelming majority of South Africans. A pandora box that will ultimately bring international intervention into domestic affairs of our country. I therefore support the Bill as consistent with the spirit if not the letter of the National Constitution. | |
2026-08-13 17:23:14 +02:00 | Marjos | No I do not | Collective Rights vs. Individual Rights | ||
2026-08-12 16:39:34 +02:00 | Rudolf | No I do not | Breach of Trust: The 1994 Negotiated Settlement | ||
2026-08-10 12:49:17 +02:00 | Casper | No I do not | All of the above | Collective Rights vs. Individual Rights | |
2026-08-06 18:55:19 +02:00 | Wouter | No I do not | Other | ||
2026-07-24 19:09:00 +02:00 | Amanda | No I do not | Democratic Pathways: Closing Peaceful Avenues | ||
2026-07-15 07:17:36 +02:00 | Gayle | No I do not | All of the above | Breach of Trust: The 1994 Negotiated Settlement | |
2026-07-10 20:26:33 +02:00 | Trudie | No I do not | Breach of Trust: The 1994 Negotiated Settlement | ||
2026-07-09 18:45:12 +02:00 | Aletta Maritz | No I do not | All of the above | Democratic Pathways: Closing Peaceful Avenues |
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- Supporters, led by the MK Party, argue that Section 235 is a “dormant” provision that has never been turned into law. They believe it creates a “theoretical basis” for “territorial fragmentation” and allows communities like Orania to operate as “exclusionist enclaves” outside the spirit of a unified South Africa. For them, the Bill of Rights is the only protection needed for cultural and linguistic diversity.
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- Opponents, including the Cape Independence Party and the Freedom Front Plus, argue that Section 235 is a “non-derogable right” and a cornerstone of the 1994 constitutional settlement. They contend that individual rights (Sections 30 and 31) are fundamentally different from the collective right of a community to sustain and govern itself. They warn that removing this “safety valve” will not eliminate the demand for self-determination but will instead push it toward more radical, extra-constitutional paths.