{"id":38580,"date":"2026-03-31T15:27:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fwdeklerk.org\/?p=38580"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:30:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:30:02","slug":"fw-de-klerk-stigting-bring-hulde-aan-die-lewe-en-werk-van-steven-gruzd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fwdeklerk.org\/af\/fw-de-klerk-stigting-bring-hulde-aan-die-lewe-en-werk-van-steven-gruzd\/","title":{"rendered":"FW DE KLERK STIGTING BRING HULDE AAN DIE LEWE EN WERK VAN STEVEN GRUZD"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"38580\" class=\"elementor elementor-38580\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70d513b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70d513b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Ondersteun die werk van die FW de Klerk Stigting<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Vir meer inligting oor skenkings kontak <a href=\"mailto:info@fwdeklerk.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">info@fwdeklerk.org<\/a> of skandeer die QR-kode hieronder.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eee07b9 elementor-align-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"eee07b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/fwdeklerk.org\/fw-de-klerk-foundation-pays-tribute-to-the-life-and-work-of-steven-gruzd\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FW DE KLERK STIGTING BRING HULDE AAN DIE LEWE EN WERK VAN STEVEN GRUZD<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-848542d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"848542d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c48ac21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c48ac21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Uitgereik deur Ismail Joosub namens die FW de Klerk Stigting op 31\/03\/2026<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2496be6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2496be6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Die FW de Klerk Stigting neem met diepe hartseer kennis van <a href=\"https:\/\/saiia.org.za\/in-the-news\/remembering-steven-gruzd-from-scrabble-prodigy-to-african-diplomacy-titan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">die afsterwe<\/a> van Steven Gruzd en betuig sy opregte meegevoel aan sy familie, vriende, kollegas by die Suid-Afrikaanse Instituut vir Internasionale Sake (\u201cSAIIA\u201d), asook die bre\u00ebr Suid-Afrikaanse en Afrika-beleidsgemeenskap.<\/p><p>Steven Gruzd is wyd erken as een van Suid-Afrika se voorste denkers op die gebied van internasionale betrekkinge en as \u2019n beginselvaste voorstander van goeie regering, aanspreeklikheid en demokrasie regoor Afrika. As <a href=\"https:\/\/saiia.org.za\/in-the-news\/remembering-steven-gruzd-from-scrabble-prodigy-to-african-diplomacy-titan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hoof van SAIIA se Afrika-Governance en Diplomatie-program<\/a> het hy \u2019n betekenisvolle bydrae tot die openbare lewe gelewer deur deeglike navorsing, deurdagte ontleding en \u2019n volgehoue verbintenis tot die versterking van demokratiese instellings op die vasteland.<\/p><p>Sy werk oor die <a href=\"https:\/\/saiia.org.za\/in-the-news\/remembering-steven-gruzd-from-scrabble-prodigy-to-african-diplomacy-titan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Afrika-ewekniebeoordelingsmeganisme, Afrika-regering en Suid-Afrika se buitelandse beleid<\/a> het hom wye respek in akademiese, diplomatieke en beleidskringe besorg. Hy het oor \u2019n seldsame vermo\u00eb beskik om duidelikheid te bring in komplekse internasionale ontwikkelinge en om die openbare debat te verryk deur insig, balans en integriteit.<\/p><p>Die Stigting was bevoorreg om in 2023 met Steven op sy Constitution@Work-platform in gesprek te tree, waar hy bygedra het tot \u2019n belangrike bespreking oor Suid-Afrika se buitelandse beleid en die implikasies daarvan vir internasionale betrekkinge. Hy het in di\u00e9 gesprek die eienskappe beliggaam wat sy openbare betrokkenheid gekenmerk het: intellektuele erns, ruimhartigheid en \u2019n diep respek vir beginselvaste dialoog.<\/p><p>Christo van der Rheede, Uitvoerende Direkteur van die FW de Klerk Stigting, het ges\u00ea: \u201c<em>Steven Gruzd was \u2019n uitnemende geleerde en \u2019n man van stille beginselvastheid. Hy het Suid-Afrika se openbare diskoers verryk deur sy intellek, sy integriteit en sy onwrikbare geloof in die waarde van demokratiese regering. Sy tragiese heengaan is \u2019n groot verlies vir die land en die vasteland.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p>Ismail Joosub, Bestuurder van Grondwetlike Bevordering by die Stigting, het ges\u00ea: \u201c<em>Steven se stem het insig en waardigheid weerspie\u00ebl. Hy het getoon dat diepgaande idees met nederigheid oorgedra kan word, en dat oortuiging nie ten koste van beskaafdheid hoef te geskied nie. Sy bydrae tot demokratiese denke en openbare begrip sal lank voortleef<\/em>.\u201d<\/p><p>Die omstandighede rondom Steven se dood is diep ontstellend. Ons vertrou dat die reg sy volle loop sal neem en dat diegene wat verantwoordelik is, tot verantwoording geroep sal word.<\/p><p>Steven Gruzd sal onthou word as \u2019n geleerde, ontleder en openbare denker wie se werk die saak van demokratiese regering in Afrika versterk het.<\/p><p><strong>Mag sy nagedagtenis tot se\u00ebn wees.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6103edd elementor-grid-3 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"6103edd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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tag-ekonomiese-dee-lname tag-erfenisdag-2026 tag-grondwetlike-demokrasie tag-kulture-le-regte tag-nasiebou tag-sosiale-kohesie\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/fwdeklerk.org\/af\/waarom-diversiteit-saak-maak\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/fwdeklerk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Diversity-web-1-300x169.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-40636\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fwdeklerk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Diversity-web-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/fwdeklerk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Diversity-web-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/fwdeklerk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Diversity-web-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/fwdeklerk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Diversity-web-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/fwdeklerk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Diversity-web-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fwdeklerk.org\/af\/waarom-diversiteit-saak-maak\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tWAAROM DIVERSITEIT SAAK MAAK\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Diversiteit kan as &#8216;n meganisme vir nasiebou dien, omdat dit maatskaplike samehorigheid kan versterk en ekonomiese waardekettings ontsluit.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/fwdeklerk.org\/af\/waarom-diversiteit-saak-maak\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about WAAROM DIVERSITEIT SAAK MAAK\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-40611 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-demokratiese-regering category-grondwet-rsa category-fw-de-klerk-fondasie category-verklarings tag-dienslewering tag-erfenis tag-erfenismaand tag-grondwet tag-kultuur-en-taalregte tag-munisipaliteite tag-plaaslike-regering\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/fwdeklerk.org\/af\/die-rol-van-munisipaliteite-in-die-bevordering-van-ons-erfenis\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/fwdeklerk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/HeritageDayArticleImageIJ-1-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-40613\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fwdeklerk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/HeritageDayArticleImageIJ-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/fwdeklerk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/HeritageDayArticleImageIJ-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/fwdeklerk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/HeritageDayArticleImageIJ-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/fwdeklerk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/HeritageDayArticleImageIJ-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/fwdeklerk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/HeritageDayArticleImageIJ-1.png 1254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fwdeklerk.org\/af\/die-rol-van-munisipaliteite-in-die-bevordering-van-ons-erfenis\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tDIE ROL VAN MUNISIPALITEITE IN DIE BEVORDERING VAN ONS ERFENIS\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Suid-Afrika se kulturele en taalerfenis is afhanklik van openbare ruimtes waar gemeenskappe kan leer, bymekaarkom en tradisies van een geslag na die volgende kan oordra. Munisipaliteite speel \u2019n belangrike rol in die instandhouding van plaaslike geriewe en openbare ruimtes wat help om hierdie grondwetlike regte in die alledaagse lewe betekenis te gee. 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