Towards a post-conquest South Africa: beyond the constitution of 1996

Sebakwa taodisong ye ke gore bao bago tseyelwa naga ka dikgoka ba nale tokelo ya go lwela gore naga ya bona e boele go bona. Ye ke tokelo yeo molaotheo wa 1996 o e gatakileng wa etsa okare sebakwa gase gore naga ye yago bitswa Afrika-Borwa ke bafenyi yona e sa amogilwe bana ba mabu. Taodisong ye re tla fetleka sebakwa se go tswa matlhakoreng a fapafapaneng re lebisitse kudu gore thereso, toka le khutso nageng di kgafetswe thoko bjang le gona ka mabaka afe. Tlhaloso ya rena phetlekong ye e tla bontsha gore botho gabo gona molaotheong. Bothata ke gore botho bo tloga bo tlhokagala phedisanong ya setshaba kamoka. Ka fao, molaotheo o tshwanetse goba mmele le moya wa botho. Re kwisisa gabotse gore go lwela thereso, toka le khutso Afrika-Borwa ke go fega ntwa ye e amang lefatshe ka bophara. Re nganga gore bodidi bja maitirelo bo tshwanetse go fediswa gore toka, khutso le kwano di be gona, di rene mo Afrika-Borwa. Se se tla diragala ge kamoka re ka rerisana mabapi le go thopja ga naga ka dikgoka le ditlamorago tsa ntshe.The purpose of this essay is to critique the constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 in the light of the just war doctrine. The critique of the constitution involves special attention to the putative acquisition but practical exercise of the ethically questionable ‘right of conquest’ and its consequences, especially in the epistemological, economic and political spheres. The thesis defended in this essay is that the multi-faced injustice of conquest in an unjust war is still an ethical exigency demanding remedies despite the enactment of the constitution.