(1) Many a time when crime and criminal activity are rife, sceptics lament the absence of ubuntu in society and attribute it to permissiveness said to be brought about by the Constitution with its entrenched Bill of Rights. (2) The absence of the values of ubuntu in society that people often lament about and attribute to the existence of the Constitution with its demands for respect for human rights when crime becomes rife, are the very same values that the Constitution in general and the Bill of Rights in particular aim to inculcate in our society. (3) Against the background of the call for an African renaissance, I would like to demonstrate the potential that traditional African values of ubuntu have for influencing the development of a new South African law and jurisprudence. (4) Ubuntu(-ism), which is central to age-old African custom and tradition; however, abounds with values and ideas which have the potential of shaping not only current indigenous law institutions, but South African jurisprudence as a whole. (5) I will discuss this by first, attempting to define ubuntu, and, secondly, referring to legislation which may be adapted to accommodate this principle.
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The thesis statement of the paragraph is primarily reflected in sentences 3 and 4.
Sentence 3 introduces the intent to demonstrate the potential of traditional African values of ubuntu for influencing South African law and jurisprudence, while sentence 4 elaborates on the importance of ubuntu in shaping these legal institutions and jurisprudence. Together, they encapsulate the core argument of the paragraph.
Thus, the correct answer is 3 and 4.
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