The FW de Klerk Foundation expresses its profound alarm at the escalating “culture of impunity” following the recent brutal murders of legal professionals across South Africa.
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s Human Rights Report Card assesses South Africans’ enjoyment of constitutional rights and presents over 30 recommendations to strengthen human rights and freedoms.
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s Human Rights Report Card assesses South Africans’ enjoyment of constitutional rights and presents over 30 recommendations to strengthen human rights and freedoms.
The FW de Klerk Foundation has submitted comments to Parliament on the National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency Amendment Bill, which proposes the creation of a single state-owned entity to finance, develop and manage South Africa’s national bulk water infrastructure.
The FW de Klerk Foundation pays tribute to the life and legacy of Mosiuoa “Terror” Lekota, reflecting on his enduring contribution to South Africa’s struggle for freedom and the building of its democratic institutions.
The FW de Klerk Foundation urges government to end local government impunity by enforcing Auditor-General findings, strengthening accountability, stabilising coalitions, and ensuring competent, ethical councillors to protect communities’ welfare.
The FW de Klerk Foundation has submitted comments to Parliament on the Water Services Amendment Bill, supporting its aim to improve accountability in South Africa’s failing water sector while proposing safeguards to uphold constitutional and cooperative governance principles.
The FW de Klerk Foundation notes the arrival of Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III as the United States’ top diplomat to South Africa. As a Foundation dedicated to upholding the South African Constitution and the 1994 National Accord, we welcome the Ambassador’s stated commitment to a “fact-based” assessment of the challenges facing our constitutional democracy.
The FW de Klerk Foundation honours the life and legacy of Clem Sunter, whose pioneering scenario planning helped South Africans confront the defining political and economic choices of the transition to democracy. The Foundation reflects on how his commitment to independent, evidence-based thinking expanded space for rational debate and informed leadership at a critical historical moment. It affirms the enduring lesson of his work: that democratic resilience depends not only on institutions, but on a culture of rigorous, honest and forward-looking thought.
