How was the new constitution of south Africa formed
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An integral part of the negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa was the creation of a new constitution. ... The parties to the MPNP adopted this idea and proceeded to draft the Interim Constitution of 1993, which was formally enacted by Parliament and came into force on 27 April 1994.
After many years of protest and demonstrations against the white supremacist Apartheid regime in South Africa, the power elite finally realised that it would no longer be possible to rule the blacks through repression. As a result, a new Republic of South Africa was born, and the political leadership of both majority blacks and minority whites decided to draw up a new Constitution. It was decided that the Constitution will be based on equality of all races and genders, democratic values, social justice and human rights. To this purpose, the black leaders appealed to fellow blacks to forgive the whites for the atrocities they had committed while in power. After two years of debate and discussion, the South African leadership came up with what is considered one of the best Constitutions in modern world history. This Constitution gave its citizens extensive rights and included all sections of society (regardless of their previous political opinions or biases) in the deliberations.