South Africa
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- December 10, 1996 signed by President Mandela and came into effect on February 4, 1997
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Roman-Dutch law and English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, National Assembly and National Council of Provinces
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Court; Supreme Courts of Appeal; High Courts; Magistrates' Courts
RELIGIONS
Christian majority
From the country
- MAY 30, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The New National Party (NNP) leader, Marthinus van...
The New National Party (NNP) leader, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, stated that "A crackdown on rapists and child abusers in South Africa is long overdue
- MAY 2, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Themba Makwanyane and Mvuso Mchunu, who were sentenced...
Themba Makwanyane and Mvuso Mchunu, who were sentenced to death in 1992, had their penalties commuted to life imprisonment in the Appeal Court in Bloemfontein
- APRIL 26, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Anglican Church archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane criticised...
Anglican Church archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane criticised community leaders calling for the return of the death penalty
- APRIL 24, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa was one of three African countries that...
South Africa was one of three African countries that co-sponsored the resolution at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to universally abolish the death penalty
- APRIL 14, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
A survey showed that the public believed crime had...
A survey showed that the public believed crime had risen since 1994, while justice system had deteriorated
- MARCH 31, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
An angry crowd tried to storm a court where three men...
An angry crowd tried to storm a court where three men faced charges over a night-club teargas attack that led to the death of 13 school children
- MARCH 27, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Pretoria High Court sentenced Farao Ramaposha,...
The Pretoria High Court sentenced Farao Ramaposha, a 20-year-old gardener from Zimbabwe, to 25 years in prison for stabbing a Laudium mother of three to death in August 1998
- MARCH 24, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
At its annual congress in Centurion, the right-wing...
At its annual congress in Centurion, the right-wing Herstigte Nasionale Party said that the death penalty would be reinstated and carried out in public under an Afrikaner government
- MARCH 15, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Cedric Maake, a serial killer convicted of 27 murders,...
Cedric Maake, a serial killer convicted of 27 murders, 14 rapes and robbery was sentenced to 1,340 years in prison by the Johannesburg High Court
- MARCH 6, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Graham MacIntosh, a KwaZulu-Natal MP, recommended that...
Graham MacIntosh, a KwaZulu-Natal MP, recommended that the party's federal council call on government to establish a commission to investigate the re-imposition of the death penalty
- MARCH 1, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Centurion psychiatrist Omar Sabadia lost his appeal...
Centurion psychiatrist Omar Sabadia lost his appeal against his effective 50-year jail term, which he was serving for the 1996 kidnapping and murder of his wife, Zahida Sabadia
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Dozens of people moved to the command centre where...
Dozens of people moved to the command centre where Johnny Jooste was being held and called for his execution