Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court, Raymond Zondo, has passed his condolences to the family of Dr Frene Ginwala following her death last week.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Ginwala was democratic South Africa\u2019s first speaker of the National Assembly after the fall of Apartheid.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe mourn the passing on of Dr Frene Ginwala and celebrate her illustrious life and her contribution to the freedom that we all enjoy today. We thank her family for sharing her with all the people of South Africa and beyond. Dr Ginwala made many contributions in different capacities to our constitutional democracy.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the occasion of her passing on, I particularly wish to mention the fact that it was during Dr Ginwala\u2019s term of office as Speaker of Parliament that our first democratic Parliament repealed a number of apartheid laws that discriminated against the majority of the people of South Africa on the basis of their race,\u201d Zondo said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Chief Justice said South Africans will be \u201cforever indebted\u201d to Ginwala\u2019s contribution in the repealing of Apartheid\u2019s brutal laws during her during her decade long service as Speaker of the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was also during Dr Ginwala\u2019s term of office as Speaker of Parliament that South Africa\u2019s first democratic Parliament passed our Supreme Law, namely, our Constitution.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Constitution that Dr Ginwala helped produce for South Africa contains the Bill of Rights, provides for an independent Judiciary and constituted South Africa as a democratic state founded on, among others, the values of human dignity, the achievement of equality, the advancement of human rights and freedom, non-racialism, non-sexism, supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cFor this, our country will forever be indebted to Dr Ginwala and many others,\u201d Zondo said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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