The FW de Klerk Foundation is greatly concerned about the recent foreign policy developments in the United States under the Presidency of Donald Trump and the use of the Nobel Peace Prize as political currency.
The FW de Klerk Foundation has submitted formal comments on the Draft Independent Police Investigative Directorate Regulations, 2025, welcoming public consultation, but warning that key provisions threaten IPID’s independence.
Daniela Ellerbeck and Lusanda Mahkuntsu examine the Constitutional Court’s recent ruling about whether the Court should allow South Africa’s surveillance law to keep working after it became invalid, while Parliament finishes fixing it.
The FW de Klerk Foundation releases its “The Constitution and The Cabinet Report” to address whether the national executive is actually giving effect to the promise in the Preamble to “improve the quality of life of all citizens and free the potential of each person”?
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s submission on the SIU’s Draft National Corruption Risk and Prevention Framework points out the unconstitutionality of South Africa’s current anti-corruption framework and calls for urgent reforms.
Lusanda Mahkuntsu considers whether the Constitutional Court had jurisdiction to hear a challenge brought by former President Jacob Zuma and the uMkhonto weSizwe Party against certain decisions of President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Ismail Joosub outlines what the President’s declaration of Gender-based Violence as a national disaster legally means, as well as the pitfalls if the government doesn’t fulfil its strengthened legal obligation.
Ismail Joosub considers the recently published 2025 Africa Organised Crime Index, which ranks South Africa first in Southern Africa and second on the continent for criminality.
On 16 November, Elita de Klerk and Christina Teichmann attended a working dinner with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung on the occasion of the South Africa visit of Dr Gerhard Wahlers, Deputy Secretary General of KAS and Head of the Division for European and International Cooperation.
