Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa

Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Act of 2023
Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Act of 2023
Parliament of South Africa
	Long title Act to amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, so as to recognise South African Sign Language as one of the official languages of the Republic; and to provide for matters incidental thereto. ;
Passed by	National Assembly
Passed	2 May 2023
Assented to	19 July 2023
Legislative history
Bill title	Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill
Bill citation	B1—2023
Introduced by	Ronald Lamola, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development
Introduced	11 January 2023
Amends
	Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
	Status: In force

Passed2 May 2023

Assentedto19 July 2023

Bill titleConstitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill

The Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa (formally the Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Act of 2023) made South African Sign Language an official language of South Africa.^[1]

The bill for the amendment was introduced in the National Assembly on 11 January 2023 by Ronald Lamola, the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development.^[2] It was adopted unanimously by the assembly on 2 May,^[3] and signed by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 19 July of the same year.^[1]

v t e Constitution of South Africa
Preamble
Chapters	1: Founding Provisions 2: Bill of Rights 3: Co-operative Government 4: Parliament 5: President and National Executive §83-84, §86-90 §85, §92, §101-102 §91, §93-99 §95 §100 6: Provinces 7: Local Government 8: Courts and Administration of Justice 9: State Institutions supporting Constitutional Democracy 10: Public Administration 11: Security Services §198-199 §200-204 §205-208 §209-210 12: Traditional Leaders 13: Finance 14: General Provisions
Schedules	1: National Flag 2: Oaths & Solemn Affirmations 3: Election Procedures 4: Functional Areas of Concurrent National and Provincial Legislative Competence 5: Functional Areas of Exclusive Provincial Legislative Competence 6: Transitional Arrangements 7: Laws Repealed
Amendments	First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Fourteenth Fifteenth Sixteenth Seventeenth Eighteenth
Previous	South Africa Act 1909 Constitution Act, 1961 Constitution Act, 1983 Interim Constitution, 1993
Related	Constitutional Court Chapter nine institutions Negotiations to end apartheid Citation of Constitutional Laws Act
Text of the Constitution

References

Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Act of 2023

Parliament of South Africa
Long title Act to amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, so as to recognise South African Sign Language as one of the official languages of the Republic; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.
Passed by	National Assembly
Passed	2 May 2023
Assented to	19 July 2023
Legislative history
Bill title	Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill
Bill citation	B1—2023
Introduced by	Ronald Lamola, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development
Introduced	11 January 2023
Amends
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
Status: In force