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.
On Wednesday, 19 November, the FW de Klerk Foundation hosted a group of twenty German visitors, who are currently touring South Africa to gain first-hand insights into the political and socio-economic condition of the country, at their offices in Gardens, Cape Town.
Amirah Hassim and Thando Malinga explore the pitfalls of online gambling in South Africa and identify the poor as the worst affected.
Ismail Joosub reviews the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption and how South Africa’s high-level, complex corruption cases are viewed by the public, as well as handled by the IDAC.
The FW de Klerk Foundation releases its Critical Questions on South Africa’s Elections, Coalitions and Local Governance (with a view to 2026) which traces South Africa’s evolving democracy in the lead-up to the 2026 Local Elections.
The FW de Klerk Foundation has submitted formal comments on the Special Investigating Unit’s Draft National Corruption Risk and Prevention Framework – highlighting the unconstitutionality of South Africa’s current corruption framework.
