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Bouwer van Niekerk reflects on the racist incident at a resort in the Free State, writing that in order to ensure that we live in a society where the Constitution is upheld, we must be intolerable of people who do their worst to trample on others' rights.

EFF supporters paid the Maselspoort Resort and Conference Centre outside Bloemfontein a visit following the racist incident on Christmas Day. Photo: EFF Free Statereflects on the racist incident at a resort in the Free State on Christmas Day, writing that in order to ensure that we live in a society where the Constitution is upheld, we must be intolerable of people who do their worst to trample on others' rights.

When most of us think about the Constitution, we think about the rights that it affords us in Chapter 2 – the Bill of Rights. In this chapter, we find our most fundamental human rights: the right to equality, human dignity, life, freedom of religion, and belief and freedom of expression.For some of us, we also feel a deep sense of gratitude when we think of the Constitution.

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