IND2601
DUE DATE: 28 MAY 2021
IND2601 ASSIGNMENT 01 SOLUTIONS
MEL
, 1. Implications of sections 30 and 31 of the Constitution
Section 30
Everyone has the right to use the language and to participate in the cultural life of
their choice, but no one exercising these rights may do so in a manner inconsistent
with any provision of the Bill of Rights.”
Section 31
Persons belonging to a cultural, religious or linguistic community may not be denied
the right, with other members of that community –
• to enjoy their culture, practise their religion and use their language; and
• to form, join and maintain cultural, religious and linguistic association and
other organs of civil society.
Implications
The state must
❖ allow diversity in South Africa.
❖ preserve the existence and identity of cultural groups
❖ not discriminate against any particular cultural group
❖ allow each cultural group to foster its separate identity, for example to
❖ speak its own language
❖ to practise its distinctive religious beliefs
❖ to have its personal laws applied to it
2. Prescription of a debt
In law, the term “prescription” means that the action lapses in the course of time.
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DUE DATE: 28 MAY 2021
IND2601 ASSIGNMENT 01 SOLUTIONS
MEL
, 1. Implications of sections 30 and 31 of the Constitution
Section 30
Everyone has the right to use the language and to participate in the cultural life of
their choice, but no one exercising these rights may do so in a manner inconsistent
with any provision of the Bill of Rights.”
Section 31
Persons belonging to a cultural, religious or linguistic community may not be denied
the right, with other members of that community –
• to enjoy their culture, practise their religion and use their language; and
• to form, join and maintain cultural, religious and linguistic association and
other organs of civil society.
Implications
The state must
❖ allow diversity in South Africa.
❖ preserve the existence and identity of cultural groups
❖ not discriminate against any particular cultural group
❖ allow each cultural group to foster its separate identity, for example to
❖ speak its own language
❖ to practise its distinctive religious beliefs
❖ to have its personal laws applied to it
2. Prescription of a debt
In law, the term “prescription” means that the action lapses in the course of time.
1|P ag e