Introduction: Values entrenched in the Constitution

 In the South African context, the Manifesto on Values, Human Rights (Links to an external site.) and Democracy  (Links to an external site.)(Department of Education 2001:13-20) identified ten values, which the authors described as the founding values of the Constitution (Links to an external site.).

The authors of the Manifesto describe the Constitution as a vision of a different society based on equity, justice and freedom for all. It is a call to all South Africans to seek to build a just and free democratic society in which the potential of each person is freed. Underpinning the Constitution are the following values, identified by the authors of the Manifesto:

• Democracy (Links to an external site.)

• Social justice

• Equality (Links to an external site.)

• Non-racism and non-sexism

• Ubuntu (Human dignity)

• An open society (Links to an external site.)

• Accountability

• The rule of law

• Respect

• Reconciliation  (Links to an external site.) 

It is a call to all South Africans to seek to build a just and 

free democratic society in which the potential of each person is freed. 

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• Module: Discipline

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• Module: Values Entrenched in the Constitution 

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