Handbook for Cape Independence
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<strong>Handbook</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Independence</strong><br />
(Merriam-Webster - Dictionary)<br />
1. : Free choice of one's own acts or states without external compulsion.<br />
2. : Determination by the people of a territorial unit of their own future political status.<br />
(Encyclopaedia Princetoniensis, Princeton University)<br />
1. At its most basic, the principle of self-determination can be defined as a community's<br />
right to choose its political destiny. This can include choices regarding the exercise of<br />
sovereignty and independent external relations (external self-determination) or it can<br />
refer to the selection of <strong>for</strong>ms of government (internal self-determination).<br />
Most importantly, it is the “self ” that has the right to “determine” its own future and destiny.<br />
So, come on! Let’s decide what type of future we want!<br />
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa<br />
Chapter 14. Section 235.<br />
Recognises and Guarantees<br />
“… the right of self-determination of any community sharing a common cultural and language<br />
heritage, within a territorial entity in the Republic …”<br />
• The <strong>Cape</strong> fulfils all of the criteria required to qualify <strong>for</strong> self-determination.<br />
1) The <strong>Cape</strong> is a territorial entity.<br />
2) Afrikaans is the majority/common language heritage in the <strong>Cape</strong>.<br />
3) In 1652 the blend of Khoisan and Dutch began a culture that today <strong>for</strong>ms the<br />
majority of the <strong>Cape</strong>.<br />
The Purposes of the United Nations are:<br />
…<br />
United Nations Charter 1945<br />
Chapter I: Purposes and Principles<br />
Article 1<br />
2. To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect <strong>for</strong> the principle of equal<br />
rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen<br />
universal peace;<br />
…<br />
United Nations<br />
Self Determination: Principle & The Law<br />
Declaration on the Granting of <strong>Independence</strong> to Colonial Countries and Peoples<br />
Adopted by the UN General Assembly Resolution<br />
1514 (XV), 14 December 1960<br />
Declaration<br />
…<br />
2. All peoples have the right to self-determination; by virtue of that right they freely determine their<br />
political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.<br />
…<br />
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