Federalism In South Africa

FEDERALISM, cofederation, South African Constitution, interstate, APARTHEID, GOVERNMENT, POLITICS
Date: 
1986
Collection: 
Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre
Creator: 
Burgert Oosthuizen
Contributor: 
Singh
Danny
Resource Type: 
Articles
Language: 
English
Coverage: 
South Africa
Resource Identifier: 
HIST SA Transitional politics 1980 to 1993
File Type: 
Document
Extent: 
9 pages
Publisher: 
South African Journal of Political Studies
Rights Holder: 
UKZN - Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre

A contingency model for constitutional development in South Africa is presented. Federalism is superior to unitarism in resolving South Africa's constitutional dilemma. However, neither federation nor confederation are considered appropriate. A third form of federalism is developed from the model which is termed “cofederation”. It combines characteristics of both federation and confederation in a hybrid interstate‐intrastate dispensation.

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