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NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO 220
DATE OF QUESTION: 26 JULY 2010
220. Mr K A Sinclair (COPE-NC) to ask the Minister of Justice and
Constitutional Development: (Interdepartmental transfer on 23 July 2010)
Whether any mechanisms are in place to attend to a formal request by a
state to be incorporated into South Africa; if not, (a) how can such a
request be facilitated and (b) what constitutional amendments will be
needed to allow for the process to begin; if so, (i) what mechanisms and
(ii) how expeditiously will they be available?
CW293E
REPLY:-
I would like to inform the Honourable Member that a formal request by a
State to be incorporated into South Africa will have Constitutional
implications and the South African Constitution would have to be amended
accordingly.