In honour of Human Rights Day, the FW de Klerk Foundation’s Constitutional Rights Programme team will present the Foundation’s annual Human Rights Report Card which examines the extent to which the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Bill of Rights were practically enjoyed by all South Africans over the past year.
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme was created as a constitutional instrument to widen access to further education and advance equality. Repeated governance failures have turned this promise into a cycle of administrative crisis that harms students and erodes public trust. The recovery of R1,7 billion by the Special Investigating Unit exposes a deeper failure in how a constitutional right is administered, making access to education uncertain and equality increasingly theoretical.
The FW de Klerk Foundation extends its heartfelt congratulations to the Class of 2025 for their outstanding achievement in the National Senior Certificate examinations and calls on stakeholders to sustain this momentum by strengthening learning foundations and protecting proven support programmes.
The FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes the Western Cape High Court’s judgment directing the Western Cape Education Department to take firm steps to ensure every learner has access to schooling in 2026.
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.
The FW de Klerk Foundation, in partnership with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, hosted the Fourth FW de Klerk Memorial Lecture on 11 November 2025.
Watch the 4th FW de Klerk Memorial Lecture.
On 11 November 2025, the FW de Klerk Foundation hosted the 4th FW de Klerk Memorial Lecture, in which Jonathan Granoff was the guest speaker.
