As South Africa undertakes its yearly review of the Constitution, Parliament is urging members of the public to exercise their democratic right and make submissions on any part of the Constitution they believe should be reviewed, by the May 31 deadline.

Chairpersons of the Constitutional Review Committee Advocate Glynnis Breytenbach and Mtikeni Patrick Sibande have so far received over 200 submissions but are calling for more and are urging the public to submit their views on specific sections of the Constitution that they think should be amended.

Information service, the Parliamentary Monitoring Group, explained that the review process that the Constitutional Review Committee will undertake looks at whether any submissions have sufficient merit to warrant a possible amendment to the Constitution, based on the proposals.

In addition to written submissions, members of the public can also make oral presentations to the committee and should indicate such interest during their submissions.

Enquiries relating to the process and all written submissions can be addressed to:

Adv P Gwebu, Committee Section, PO Box 15, Cape Town, 8000

Enquiries and submissions can also be emailed through to pgwebu@parliament.gov.za, or can be made via telephone on 021 403 8257 or 083 709 8395.