Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa

The Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa renamed the Northern Province to Limpopo, altered the procedure for intervention by the national government in a failing provincial government and intervention by a provincial government in a failing municipality, and expanded the powers of the provincial executive when it intervenes in a municipality.

Constitution Eleventh Amendment Act of 2003
Parliament of South Africa
Long title Act to amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, so as to provide for Bills regulating certain financial matters to be dealt with in terms of section 76 (1) of the Constitution; to change the name of the Northern Province to Limpopo; to further regulate provincial intervention in local government; and to further regulate the process of review by the National Council of Provinces where there has been national executive intervention in provincial government and provincial executive intervention in local government; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Enacted by	Parliament of South Africa
Enacted	25 March 2003
Assented to	9 April 2003
Commenced	11 July 2003
Legislative history
Bill	Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Third Amendment Bill
Bill citation	B33B—2002
Bill published on	14 August 2002
Introduced by	Penuel Maduna, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development
Amends
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
Amended by
Citation of Constitutional Laws Act, 2005 (amended short title)

The bill was passed by the National Assembly on 25 February 2003 with 305 votes in favour, more than the required two-thirds majority,[1] and by the National Council of Provinces on 25 March with all nine provinces in favour.[2] It was signed by President Thabo Mbeki on 9 April, and came into force on 11 July.

Formal title

The official short title of the amendment is "Constitution Eleventh Amendment Act of 2003". It was originally titled "Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Second Amendment Act, 2003" and numbered as Act No. 3 of 2003, but the Citation of Constitutional Laws Act, 2005 renamed it and abolished the practice of giving Act numbers to constitutional amendments.

References

1. "Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Third Amendment Bill and Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Fourth Amendment Bill (Second Reading debate)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Republic of South Africa: National Assembly. 25 February 2003. p. 174. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
2. "Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Third Amendment Bill (Consideration of Bill and of Report of Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Affairs thereon)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Republic of South Africa: National Council of Provinces. 25 March 2003. p. 51. Retrieved 16 May 2020.

External links

• Official text (PDF)