Dingake, proposes transformative constitution

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In Africa for long time the making of a constitution normally followed the end of the colonial regime. The colonial authority had considerable influence on the making of the new constitution, requiring, as the price for independence, that it provides for democracy as well as other rights of the people.

A second phase of constitution making was, rather, constitution unmaking as the new politician leaders shifted to authoritarianism.

The experience of Botswana was however different. First its decolonisation constitution was based on the traditional system in which chiefs played the key role. Second, that constitution has remained in effect, though not without some amendment. Botswana has never had a coup or a dictator.

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