The nation's compass
Former minister Valli Moosa describes the creation of the constitution and how the country's 'birth certificate' remains the stable centre of governance
05 May 2024 - 00:00
What do you say when your nation is about to define for now and evermore the rules by which its is governed? What do you say at that moment when South Africa finally turns its back on three hundred years of oppression?..
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