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The new Constitution is finally approved by the 490-member Constituent Assembly, two minutes past 12:00, the final deadline set
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.
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Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, May 7). The new Constitution is finally approved by the 490-member Constituent Assembly, two minutes past 12:00, the final deadline set. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082831
South African History Online (2012) 'The new Constitution is finally approved by the 490-member Constituent Assembly, two minutes past 12:00, the final deadline set', South African History Online, 7 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082831 (Accessed: 1 August 2026).
South African History Online, The new Constitution is finally approved by the 490-member Constituent Assembly, two minutes past 12:00, the final deadline set [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082831, (accessed 1 August 2026).
"The new Constitution is finally approved by the 490-member Constituent Assembly, two minutes past 12:00, the final deadline set." South African History Online, 7 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082831. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "The new Constitution is finally approved by the 490-member Constituent Assembly, two minutes past 12:00, the final deadline set." South African History Online. May 7, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082831.
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