LJU4801
ASSIGNMENT 2
SEMESTER 1 - 2022
, QUESTION 1
The author addresses the concept of Ubuntu. Ubuntu emphasis a notion of social
harmony, love, togetherness and tolerance.1 It “defines the nature of relationships
among Africans. It highlights the significance of being humane in Africa. It shows how
humanism encompasses a strong consideration of the other through whom one
defines oneself”.2
Ubuntu forms part of South African legal system.3
“The Constitution carries within itself the spirit of ubuntu”. Ubuntu is recognised in the
Constitution by a mere recognition of the fundamental right in Chapter 2. The current
constitution is a transformative one. Its transformative objectives are a way of carrying
ubuntu forward.4 In summary, the fact that the Constitution does not mention ubuntu
specifically does not mean that this notion is discarded in the supreme law of the land. 5
Ubuntu is a “valuable”6 source of law.7 Ubuntu has no prescription.8
1 SD Kamga ‘Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 625-649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-
2096/2018/v18n2a9 627.
2 SD Kamga ‘Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 625-649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-
2096/2018/v18n2a9 128.
3 SD Kamga ‘Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 625-649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-
2096/2018/v18n2a9 634.
4 SD Kamga ‘Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 625-649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-
2096/2018/v18n2a9 636.
5 SD Kamga ‘Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 625-649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-
2096/2018/v18n2a9 638.
6 SD Kamga ‘Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 625-649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-
2096/2018/v18n2a9 646.
7 SD Kamga ‘Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 625-649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-
2096/2018/v18n2a9 638.
8 SD Kamga ‘Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 625-649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-
2096/2018/v18n2a9 647.
ASSIGNMENT 2
SEMESTER 1 - 2022
, QUESTION 1
The author addresses the concept of Ubuntu. Ubuntu emphasis a notion of social
harmony, love, togetherness and tolerance.1 It “defines the nature of relationships
among Africans. It highlights the significance of being humane in Africa. It shows how
humanism encompasses a strong consideration of the other through whom one
defines oneself”.2
Ubuntu forms part of South African legal system.3
“The Constitution carries within itself the spirit of ubuntu”. Ubuntu is recognised in the
Constitution by a mere recognition of the fundamental right in Chapter 2. The current
constitution is a transformative one. Its transformative objectives are a way of carrying
ubuntu forward.4 In summary, the fact that the Constitution does not mention ubuntu
specifically does not mean that this notion is discarded in the supreme law of the land. 5
Ubuntu is a “valuable”6 source of law.7 Ubuntu has no prescription.8
1 SD Kamga ‘Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 625-649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-
2096/2018/v18n2a9 627.
2 SD Kamga ‘Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 625-649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-
2096/2018/v18n2a9 128.
3 SD Kamga ‘Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 625-649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-
2096/2018/v18n2a9 634.
4 SD Kamga ‘Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 625-649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-
2096/2018/v18n2a9 636.
5 SD Kamga ‘Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 625-649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-
2096/2018/v18n2a9 638.
6 SD Kamga ‘Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 625-649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-
2096/2018/v18n2a9 646.
7 SD Kamga ‘Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 625-649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-
2096/2018/v18n2a9 638.
8 SD Kamga ‘Cultural values as a source of law: Emerging trends of ubuntu jurisprudence in South
Africa’ (2018) 18 African Human Rights Law Journal 625-649 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1996-
2096/2018/v18n2a9 647.
