STATEMENT: HOW TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT ONE THIRD OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION CONTINUES TO LIVE IN POVERTY
2014-09-08
The following is an edited version of a speech given by FW de Klerk in Hong Kong on 7 September 2014
The following is an edited version of a speech given by FW de Klerk in Hong Kong on 7 September 2014
In a speech on the evolution for property rights since 1994, FW de Klerk warned Government against taking any action that would destroy the carefully constructed agreements on property rights that are contained in section 25 of the Constitution.
In celebration of the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela, former President De Klerk will be participating in a press event on Friday, 18 July to publicise the upcoming World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates.
The FW de Klerk Foundation has learned with sadness of the death of Nadine Gordimer.
She was a giant of South African literature and was a prominent critic of apartheid before 1994. She continued to be critical of unconstitutional behaviour from any quarter in South Africa and was particularly opposed to any steps that might limit the freedom of the press.
In 1996, Eugene de Kock, the former commanding officer of the C1 counter-insurgency unit of the South African Police, was tried and convicted on 89 charges and sentenced to 212 years in prison.He subsequently applied for amnesty for these crimes from the Amnesty Committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
In an article that he wrote for Rapport last Sunday, Frans Cronje of the Institute for Race Relations quite rightly warned South Africans to plan for all eventualities.
The following press release by AfriBusiness provides a concise analysis of the ANC’s planned legislative assault on property rights. It also includes a practical plan to oppose this threat.
The FW de Klerk Foundation strongly rejects the view expressed by Mondli Makhanya in City Press on 27 April that we should abandon our beautiful national anthem.
It is a great pity that he chose Freedom Day – a day on which all South Africans should be celebrating the establishment of our new non-racial constitutional democracy – to air views that are so destructive of the national unity that we have been trying to achieve for the past 20 years.
The FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes President Zuma’s recent remarks in which he gave recognition to the important role that FW de Klerk played in South Africa’s transition to democracy.