Social solidarity as a metaphor of social order under south Africa's transformative constitutionalism

Abstract EN

Considerate of South Africa’s lasting agenda of transformative constitutionalism, this study discusses the notion of social solidarity, positing it as a theory through which social order can be achieved and sustained.

This is premised on the need to advance substantive equality, equal love, respect and compassion, biased towards indigent people.

Clearly, humanity thrives when indigent people lacking survival means receives social assistance.

This effectively reinforces social order and that desired cohesion, which through social solidarity enables the value of Ubuntu to find expression with ease.

Significantly, this study reveals that social solidarity is inherently under siege owing to pervasive problems of poverty, unemployment, inequalities and corruption, bedeviling the country in socio-economic realities.

It is asserted that social solidarity is a noble normative ethic which is indispensable for the livelihood of human kind because it is capable of inspiring long-term solutions to a variety of societal problems