Twelfth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa

Constitution Twelfth Amendment Act of 2005
Parliament of South Africa
Long title Act to amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, so as to effect a technical change; to re-determine the geographical areas of the nine provinces of the Republic of South Africa; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Enacted by	Parliament of South Africa
Enacted	14 December 2005
Assented to	22 December 2005
Commenced	1 March 2006
Legislative history
Bill title	Constitution Twelfth Amendment Bill
Bill citation	B33B—2005
Introduced by	Brigitte Mabandla, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development
Introduced	30 September 2005
Amends
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
Repeals
Constitution Third Amendment Act of 1998 (effectively)
Related legislation
Thirteenth Amendment, Sixteenth Amendment

The Twelfth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa (formally the Constitution Twelfth Amendment Act of 2005) altered the boundaries of seven of South Africa's nine provinces. It also redefined all of the provinces' geographical areas in terms of the areas of district and metropolitan municipalities, and repealed the provisions introduced by the Third Amendment that allowed municipal areas to cross provincial boundaries. A number of the boundary changes were highly controversial and led to popular protest and court challenges.