Op-ed: South Africa has no need to change its constitution

What strong and convincing [premise] is there to call for the scrapping or changing of the country’s Constitution, and if this happens who knows what SA’s constitutionality might look like in the future? Do we ever think about these important considerations, and the impact they might have on our democratic and constitutional architecture? But why would there be a need and appetite to change, if we take seriously the fact that our Constitution is highly regarded by other equivalent jurisdictions worldwide? Would this desire to change be motivated by political expediency inspired by ideological differences? Already some political parties have expressed antipathy towards the Constitution, describing it as eurocentric, with some claiming it fails to embrace African or indigenous legal systems, and that it largely influenced by Roman-Dutch law.
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