The Quest for Constitutionalism: South Africa Since 1994

297 Pages·2014·1.32 MB·English

by  Hugh Corder

The QuesT for ConsTiTuTionalism
This page has been left blank intentionally
The Quest for Constitutionalism
south africa since 1994
edited by
hugh Corder
University of Cape Town, South Africa
VeroniCa federiCo
University of Florence, Italy
romano orrù
University of Teramo, Italy
© hugh Corder, Veronica federico and romano orrù and the contributors 2014
all rights reserved. no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher.
hugh Corder, Veronica federico and romano orrù have asserted their right under the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the editors of this work.
Published by
ashgate Publishing limited ashgate Publishing Company
Wey Court east 110 Cherry street
union road suite 3-1
farnham Burlington, VT 05401-3818
surrey, gu9 7PT usa
england
www.ashgate.com
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Corder, hugh, author.
The quest for constitutionalism : south africa since 1994 / by hugh Corder, Veronica
federico, and romano orrù.
pages cm
includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4724-1631-5 (hardback : alk. paper) – ISBN 978-1-4724-1632-2 (ebook) –
ISBN 978-1-4724-1633-9 (epub) 1. Constitutional history—South Africa. 2. Constitutional
law—South Africa. 3. Civil rights—South Africa. 4. Representative government and
representation—South Africa. 5. Democracy—South Africa. 6. State, The. I. Federico,
Veronica, author. ii. orrù, romano, author. iii. Title.
KTl2101.C67 2015
342.6802’9–dc23
2014021468
ISBN 9781472416315 (hbk)
ISBN 9781472416322 (ebk – PDF)
ISBN 9781472416339 (ebk – ePUB)
V
Printed in the united Kingdom by henry ling limited,
at the dorset Press, dorchester, dT1 1hd
Contents
Table of Cases vii
Notes on Contributors xiii
Foreword xvii
Acknowledgements xix
Introduction 1
Veronica Federico, Hugh Corder and Romano Orrù
Part I: the Structure of the State
1 South African Quasi-Federalism 15
Veronica Federico
2 South African ‘Quasi-Parliamentarianism’ 27
Romano Orrù
3 Parliament and the Separation of Powers – A Critical Analysis
in Relation to Single-party Domination 39
Sanele Sibanda
4 Local Government: Between Subsidiarity and Shortfalls in
Service Delivery 53
Francois Venter
Part II: rIghtS, equalIty and the courtS
5 Competing Notions of the Judiciary’s Place in the Post-apartheid
Constitutional Dispensation 69
Morné Olivier
6 Depoliticising Socio-economic Rights 81
Linda Stewart
7 Dignity and Disgrace – Moral Citizenship and Constitutional
Protection 95
Edwin Cameron
vi The Quest for Constitutionalism
8 HIV and the Constitution: Campaigning for Constitutionalism
and the Keeping of Constitutional Promises 111
Mark Heywood and Tim Fish Hodgson
9 Administrative Justice and the Enforcement of the Constitution 127
Cora Hoexter
Part III: cItIzenShIP, PolItIcal rIghtS and the Party
SyStem
10 From Disenfranchisement to Enfranchisement: The Right to Vote
in South Africa 143
Francesca Romana Dau
11 The Contradictions of Party Dominance in South Africa 155
Roger Southall
12 Freedom of Information: Controversies and Reforms 169
Iain Currie
Part IV: tranSformatIVe conStItutIonalISm
13 Constitutional Reform in South African History 181
Hugh Corder
14 The Position of Indigenous Customary Law in South Africa’s
New Constitutional Order 195
Tom Bennett
15 Land Reform and Constitutional Rights 207
Nic Olivier, Nico Olivier and Clara Williams
16 Green Economy, Sustainable Development and the Constitution 225
Tumai Murombo
Part V: South afrIca In context
17 BRICS: A Mirage of Reality 241
Lucia Scaffardi
18 From Import to Export?Some Signs of the External Circulation
of South African Constitutional Jurisprudence 253
Andrea Lollini
Index 267
Table of Cases
Adalah Legal Centre for Arab Minority in Israel and others v. Minister of Interior
and others HCJ, 7052/2003 261
Albutt v Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation 2010 (3) SA 293(CC) 130
Allpass v Mooikloof Estates (Pty) Ltd t/a Mooikloof Equestrian Centre [2011]
ZALCJHB 7;(2011) 32 ILJ 1637 (LC) 116
Arsenault-Cameron v. Prince Edward Island [1999] 3 S.C.R. 851 256
August and another v Electoral Commission and others 1999(3) SA 1 (CC)
147, 149–50
Bangindawo and others v Head of the Nyanda Regional Authority and another
1998 (3) SA 262 (Tk) 197
Bowers v Hardwick 478 U.S. 186 (1986) 103
BP Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd v MEC for Agriculture, Conservation, Environmentand
Land Affairs 2005(4) SA 125 (W) 227, 229, 232
Brink v Kitshoff  [1996] ZACC 9; 1996 (4) SA 197 (CC); 1996 (6) BCLR 752 (CC)
102
Brümmer v Minister for Social Development and others 2009 (6) SA 323 (CC) 170
C v Minister of Correctional Services 1996 (4) SA 292 (T) 115
Camps Bay Ratepayers and Residents Association and Another v Harrison and
another [2012] ZACC 17; 2012 (11) BCLR 1143 (CC) 122
Chirwa v Transnet Ltd 2008 (4) SA 367 (CC) 130
City of Johannesburg v Mazibuko (Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions as
amicus curiae) 2009 (3) SA 592 (SCA) 82, 85–90
Collins v Minister of the Interior 1957(1) SA 552 (AD) 183
Costa Gazidis v Minister of Public Services Case No: A2050/04 unreported
judgment of the Transvaal High Court (24 March 2006) 120
Dawood and Another v Minister of Home Affairs and Others [2000] ZACC 8;
2000 (3) SA 936 (CC) 100, 102, 261
De Lange v Smuts 1998 (3) SA 785 (CC) 35, 45
Democratic Alliance v President of the Republic of South Africa 2013 (1) SA 248
(CC) 75
The Democratic Party v The Minister of Home Affairs and the Electoral
Commission 1999 (3) SA 254 (CC) 148
Director: Mineral Development, Gauteng Region and SASOL Mining (Pty) Ltd v
Save the Vaal Environment and Others 229
viii The Quest for Constitutionalism
Du Plessis & others v De Klerk & another 1996 (3) SA 850 (CC) 260
Du Toit v Minister for Welfare and Population Development [2002] ZACC 20;
2003 (2) SA 198 (CC); 2002 (10) BCLR 1006 (CC) 103
Dudley Lee v Minister of Correctional Services [2012] ZACC 30; 2013 (2) SA144
(CC) 119
EN v Government of RSA (No. 1) 2006 (6) SA 543 (D) 118
EN v Government of the RSA and Others (No. 2) 2006 (6) SA 575 (D) 118
Ex parte President of the RSA: In re Constitutionality of the Liquor Bill 2000 (1)
BCLR 1 19
Executive Council of the Western Cape Legislature v President of the RSA 1995(10)
BCLR 1289 (CC) 35
Fedsure Life Assurance Ltd v Greater Johannesburg Transitional Metropolitan
Council 1999 (1) SA 374 (CC) 129, 130
‘First’ Rundfunkurteil. BVerfGE 12, 205 58
Fuel Retailers Association of Southern Africa v Director-General: Environmental
Management, Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment,
Mpumalanga Province, and others 2007 (6) SA 4 (CC) 226, 232, 233
Gila Louzon v. Government of Israel, HCJ, 3071/2005 261–2
Glenister v President of the Republic of South Africa 2011 (3) SA 347(CC) 82–3
Governing Body of the Juma Musjid Primary School v Essay 2011 (8) BCLR
761(CC) 81
Government of the Republic of South Africa and others v Grootboom and others
[2000] ZACC 19; 2001 (1) SA 46 (CC) 8, 83, 85, 87, 88, 117
Grant v. Torstar Corp [2009]; SCC, 61 260
Harksen v Lane [1997] ZACC 12; 1998 (1) SA 300 (CC) 100, 102
Harris v Minister of the Interior 1952(2) SA 428 (AD) 143, 183
Hoffman v SAA 2001 (1) SA 1 (CC) 115–17
In Re Certification of the Amended Text of the Constitution of the Republic of
South Africa, 1996 1997(2) SA 97 (CC) 186
In Re Certification of the Constitution of the Province of KwaZulu Natal 1996 (11)
BCLR 141 (CC) 21
In Re Certification of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996(4) SA
744 (CC) 56, 83, 186
In re Certification of the Constitution of the Western Cape 1997 (9) BCLR 1167
(CC) 19, 21
Independent Newspapers (Py) Ltd v Minister for Intelligence Services: In re
Masetlha v President of the Republic of South Africa 2008 (5) SA 31 (CC) 170
Irvin and Johnson Ltd v Trawler and Line Fishing Union and others [2002]
ZALC105 (2003) 24 ILJ 565 (LC) 115
Table of Cases ix
Jansen Van Vuuren and another NNO v Kruger [1993] ZASCA 145 1993 (4) SA
842 (AD) 114
Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality v Gauteng Development Tribunal and
others 2010 (6) SA 182 (CC) 59
Judicial Service Commission v Cape Bar Council 2012 (11) BCLR 1239 (SCA) 130
Justice Alliance of South Africa v President of Republic of South Africa 2011 (5)
SA 388 (CC) 70, 73, 74
Kaunda v President of the Republic of South Africa 2005 (4) SA 235 (CC) 127
Khumalo v Holomisa 2002(5) SA 401(CC) 99
Kindler v. C107anada (Minister of Justice) [1991] 2 S.C.R. 779 257–8
Lawrence v Texas 539 U.S. 558 (2003) 103
Le Roux and Others v Dey [2011] ZACC 4; 2011 (3) SA 274 (CC); 2011 (6) BCLR
577 (CC) 105
Le Sueur and another v Ethekwini Municipality and others (9714/11) [2013]
ZAKZPHC 6 233
Maccsand (Pty) Ltd v City of Cape Town and others 2012 (4) SA 181 (CC) 233
Matatiele Municipality and Others v President of the RSA and others 2006(5)
SA47 (CC) 188
Mazibuko v The City of Johannesburg (Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions as
amicus curiae) 2008 JOL 21829 (W) 82, 85–90
MEC, Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment and another v
HTF Developers (Pty) Ltd 2008 (2) SA 319 (CC) 232
MEC, Department of Welfare, Eastern Cape v Kate 2006 (4) SA 478 (SCA) 127
MEC for Agriculture, Conservation, Environment and Land Affairs v Sasol Oil
(Pty) Ltd and another 2006 (5) SA 483 (SCA) 229
Merafong Demarcation Forum v President of the RSA and others 2008(5) SA171
(CC) 188
Mhlekwa and Feni v Head of the Western Tembuland Regional Authority and
another 2001 (1) SA 574 (Tk) 197
Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development v Nyathi (Nyathi II) 2010 (4)
SA 567 (CC) 133
Minister of Health and Others v Treatment Action Campaign and others [2002]
ZACC 16; 2002 (5) SA 72 (CC) 35, 83, 85, 87–8
Minister of Home Affairs and another v Fourie and another [2005] ZACC 19;
2006 (1) SA 524 103
Minister of Home Affairs v National Institute for Crime Prevention and Re-
Integration of Offenders (NICRO) 2005 (3) SA 280 (CC) 150
Minister of the Interior v Harris 1952(4) SA 769 (AD) 183
National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality and others v Minister of Home
Affairs and others (CCT 10/99) [1999] ZACC 17; 2000 (2) SA 1 (CC) 99