English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekdefinisie van demokrasie is 'n regeringstelsel waarin die mag gesetel is in die mense, wat óf direk óf deur verkose verteenwoordigers regeer. In 'n demokrasie het die mense 'n sê oor hoe hulle regeer word, en besluite word geneem op grond van die wil van die meerderheid. Ander kenmerke van demokrasie kan die beskerming van individuele regte en vryhede, die oppergesag van die reg en die skeiding van magte tussen verskillende takke van die regering insluit.

Sentence Examples

  1. It represents the many failings of pure democracy and is incapable of governing itself.
  2. This country may have the longest history of democracy of any nation, but one thing that made it robust was a pressure valve of strike action, rioting and civic protest.
  3. African growth and development will come primarily from the efforts of Africans, but we can and should influence and accelerate their economic growth and development of democracy.
  4. In my book, those are the hallmarks of a high functioning democracy.
  5. The progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual.
  6. They came together under a kind of direct democracy.
  7. Is a democracy, such as we know it, the last improvement possible in government?