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Published Date: 2022-05-06 | Source: INCE|Community | Author: Lwando Xaso | Constitutional Hill Trust

It’s up to you, the people, to help our judges choose the 12th Chair...

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The 12th Chair Promo: We The People SA Take A Seat

The Constitutional Court has 11 chairs for its 11 judges.

We called on you to submit creative designs for a 12th Chair - a Chair for the people, custodians of the Constitution - and you delivered.

Out of 100 submissions, our judges selected the top 6 designs. And now it's up to you, the people, to help our judges choose the 12th Chair.

Voting Closes 31 May 2022

Submission #025

This Chair represents the past, present and future of South Africa. The area below the chair represents the dark past of our country. As you rise above the seat, colour starts appearing in the form of open hands representing the present and future. The back of the chair reads simply: "All People Only" - a hope for the future where all people will have a chance to sit in this chair and remind themselves that they are free people.

Submission #036

Named "Isihlalo Sikanopootjie (sikanoqikilana)", this chair is shaped to resemble a noqikilana/nopootjie, a black pot. This is the pride of African culture that evokes a feeling of nostalgia. That pot is filled with cultural aspects of the African home: The prideful provisions of the young man (Amadodana esibayeni), the culinary craft of the brides (oMtshakazi eziko), the infinite wisdom of the elders in the main house (amaXhego nama Xhekwazana endlini enkulu), the glorious site of the pleased community (uYolo nempumelelo yaba hlali belali) and the strengthening of the children (Abazukulwane bekhaya)."

Submission #046

This Chair is created using large rocks. Rocks survive for centuries and can tell us a lot about the history of a place. From the San rock art found in Africa, to rocks that were often used as a meeting place in apartheid South Africa. This Chair asks the question: if a rock could talk, what would it say, what stories and histories would it share?

Submission #065

Named 'The Protector', this chair is shaped like a Baobab tree. Known as the "Tree of Life", the Baobab tree grows and lives in some of the harshest environments of our country. The Baobab is a reflection of the strength and resilience of all our citizens.

Submission #073

Named 'The Stem Chair', this chair represents 'We, the People'. A rainbow nation of 11 languages and 9 provinces. The back of the chair has different numbers of little colourful threads connecting each stem. These represent the history of South Africa: the 3 authoritative bodies of government, the 27 human rights, the 12 seats of power (11 chairs of the 11 judges of the Constitutional Court and the 12th Chair for the people), the 5 Constitutions South Africa has had and the number of democratically elected presidents.

Submission #089

The principles used by Constitution Hill as the basis of the Constitution are dignity, justice, respect, freedom, equality, diversity and democracy. These principles are represented in a shaped form and have been enlarged and stacked to form the chair of the people. The different materials and combination of different colourful finishes represent the diversity of our country.

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