twenty years later, in a 1997 judgment, the constitutional court said that fulfilling the fundamental rights of every citizen and striving to achieve their socioeconomic rights is the hallmark of a democratic society aiming to salvage lost dignity.

ka mora dilemo tse mashome a mabedi, nakong ya kahlolo e dihilweng ka 1997, lekgotla la molao wa motheo le ile la re ho phethwa ha ditokelo tsa mantlha tsa moahi e mong le e mong, le ho ikitlaeletsa hore a fumane ditokelo tsa hae tsa boiphediso ke letshwao la bohlokwa la setjhaba sa demokrasi se batlang ho lopolla seriti se ileng sa lahleha.
