Siyakudumisa Zicina, Intern at the FW de Klerk Foundation, interrogates South Africa’s just energy transition (“JET”) movement from a budget perspective.
Ezra Mendel, Intern, and Ismail Joosub, Constitutional Advancement Manager, analyses the profound implications of France’s recent parliamentary elections on South Africa.
Ezra Mendel seeks to analyse the impact of the United States of America’s election on South Africa, especially given the rise of global geopolitical tensions.
Viewed as the ‘biggest election year in history’, 2024 will witness a major test for liberal democracy – with some measures suggesting a great turn to authoritarianism is on the horizon for most of the world…
This piece assesses recent court judgements, electoral laws and legislative developments to gauge their impact on South Africa’s constitutional integrity, as far as electoral laws are concerned.
In this second article of the Election Series, Ezra Mendel and Shaun Kinnes, Interns at the FW de Klerk Foundation, assess what electoral governance is, as well as the various hurdles it encounters and possible solutions.
Last Saturday, Julius Malema addressed a packed FNB stadium in Johannesburg to mark the 10th anniversary of the EFF. The scarlet-clad masses undulated to the rhythm of African music and the chanting of EFF slogans, while red and black balloons, confetti and streamers were discharged into the stadium. It was a cross between a rock concert, a soccer match and a religious revival.
On Friday, 14 July, the FW de Klerk Foundation, supported by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), hosted a conference on the topic of property rights at the Bryanston Country Club in Johannesburg.
It is a pleasure to talk about South African history in a country with such a long and distinguished history – and at a school whose alumni have contributed so greatly to Britain and to the world.
It is, of course, impossible to understand the past 40 years in South Africa without understanding the preceding 400 years. Britain played a major role in the evolution of that history – as it did in the histories of so many countries throughout the world.
