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Title: | The Constitution, Ethnicity and Minority Rights in Post-Apartheid South Africa |
Author: | Singh, Anand |
Year: | 2001 |
Periodical: | South African Journal of Ethnology |
Volume: | 24 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 17-24 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | Indians constitutions 1996 Law, Human Rights and Violence Ethnic and Race Relations Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
Abstract: | Contrary to the wide expectation that the concepts 'race' and 'ethnicity' should be removed from the mind-sets of South Africans, this paper suggests that these concepts should instead be tolerated and nurtured in sensitive ways that are consistent with growing international trends in recognition of minority/group rights, in particular the recognition and active support of minority needs such as languages and customs. From this perspective the paper addresses the issue of the languages of a significant minority in South Africa, viz. people of Indian origin, in the context of its ethnic and racial diversity and takes a critical look at The Bill of Rights in the constitution. Bibliogr., sum. in Afrikaans and English. |