Talk:Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996/Unamended

Information about this edition
Edition:	Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, as originally adopted
Source:	DjVu scan of the Government Gazette
Contributor(s):	User:Htonl
Level of progress:	Proofread and corrected
Notes:
Proofreaders:	User:Htonl

The Layout

Lots of interesting twists and turns in the way your legislative body lays out this stuff (almost makes me feel better about the idiots in the U.S. Congress). Not sure why identation is applied to list items though. Anyway, I thought I try overcoming the Section number appearing under the Section title rather than before it and this is what I came up with to display correctly upon transclusion(s)...

Languages

6.

(1)

The official languages of the Republic are Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa and isiZulu.

(2)

Recognising the historically diminished use and status of the indigenous languages of our people, the state must take practical and positive measures to elevate the status and advance the use of these languages.

(3)

(a)		The national government and provincial governments may use any particular official languages for the purposes of government, taking into account usage, practicality, expense, regional circumstances and the balance of the needs and preferences of the population as a whole or in the province concerned; but the national government and each provincial government must use at least two official languages.
(b)		Municipalities must take into account the language usage and preferences of their residents.

(4)

The national government and provincial governments, by legislative and other measures, must regulate and monitor their use of official languages. Without detracting from the provisions of subsection (2), all official languages must enjoy parity of esteem and must be treated equitably.

(5)

A Pan South African Language Board established by national legislation must—

(a)

promote, and create conditions for, the development and use of—

(i)		all official languages;
(ii)		the Khoi, Nama and San languages; and
(iii)		sign language; and

(b)

promote and ensure respect for—

(i)		all languages commonly used by communities in South Africa, including German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Portuguese, Tamil, Telegu and Urdu; and
(ii)		Arabic, Hebrew, Sanskrit and other languages used for religious purposes in South Africa.

... just slap the opening <pre> tag at the begining to get a different view of what is going on there. Don't know if it will help - hopefully it will at least give you some new ideas for the future. George Orwell III (talk) 13:37, 3 September 2010 (UTC)