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How did a rights-based Constitution reshape national identity in South Africa?

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Correct answer: It placed people as equal citizens instead of racial categories

Answer: A. Apartheid classified people by race and created unequal political and social status. A rights-based Constitution changed the basic principle of belonging: people were to be recognised as citizens with equal rights, rather than being valued according to a racial category. The reasoning has three steps: apartheid divided society, the democratic Constitution rejected legal racial domination, and equal rights provided a common civic identity. A is correct because it describes this movement from racial classification to equal citizenship. B is the opposite of the constitutional change. C is wrong because democratic citizenship was not meant to depend only on property. D is wrong because the new constitutional order aimed to include the whole nation, not only rulers. Memory cue: a rights-based nation defines membership by citizenship and equality, not by race.

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South AfricaRights-Based ConstitutionEqual CitizenshipNational IdentityDemocratic Transition In South AfricaConstitutional DesignCivicsClass 9 Mcq

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