{"id":84,"date":"2024-02-12T09:38:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T09:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fsonlinetest.fs.gov.za\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2025-06-18T10:11:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T10:11:43","slug":"constitution-of-the-republic-of-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fsonline.fs.gov.za\/?page_id=84","title":{"rendered":"Constitution of the Republic of South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"84\" class=\"elementor elementor-84\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2a2bd8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f2a2bd8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baeb6ff exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"baeb6ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.17.0 - 25-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Constitution of the RSA<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe4ca75 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"fe4ca75\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-50e66e6 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"50e66e6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11ff96d exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11ff96d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. No other law or government action can supersede the provisions of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">South Africa\u2019s Constitution is one of the most progressive in the world and enjoys high acclaim internationally.<\/p>\n<div id=\"container\">\n<div id=\"container\">\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div id=\"white_space\">\n<div id=\"content_holder\">\n<div id=\"middle\">\n<div id=\"left_no_sidebar\">\n<div id=\"page\">\n<div id=\"post-1006\" class=\"post-1006 page type-page status-publish hentry\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/documents\/constitution\/constitution-republic-south-africa-1996-04-feb-1997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constitution<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/documents\/constitution-amendments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amendments to the Constitution<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Previous Constitutions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/documents\/constitution\/constitution-republic-south-africa-act-200-1993-repealed-28-jan-1994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1993 Interim Constitution<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/documents\/republic-south-africa-constitution-act-110-1983\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1983 (Tricameral) Constitution<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div id=\"white_space\">\n<div id=\"content_holder\">\n<div id=\"middle\">\n<div id=\"left_no_sidebar\">\n<div id=\"page\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e41c09 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3e41c09\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3387f9e exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3387f9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Constitution of the RSA The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, was approved by the Constitutional Court (CC) on 4 December 1996 and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-84","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fsonline.fs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fsonline.fs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fsonline.fs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fsonline.fs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fsonline.fs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/www.fsonline.fs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6516,"href":"https:\/\/www.fsonline.fs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84\/revisions\/6516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fsonline.fs.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}