1 min readBy Takudzwa Pongweni
CONSTITUTION @ 30: The Constitution’s promise is still contested and still unfinished
By Takudzwa PongweniSouth Africa
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Thirty years into democracy, South Africa’s Constitution remains both a landmark achievement and a measure of what has yet to change. Mbali Ntuli, Mbekezeli Benjamin and Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh agreed that its promises remained unfulfilled, but differed on where the main failure lay: unequal economic power, weak implementation, or the design of the constitutional order itself.
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- Length
- 55 words · 1 min read
- Published
- October 28, 2026
- Byline
- Takudzwa Pongweni
- Source
- Daily Maverick