In an article, Ismail Joosub considers the recent revelations about water tanker contracts in major metros that suggest that South Africa’s water crisis is being driven not only by failing infrastructure, but by corruption.
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s Human Rights Report Card assesses South Africans’ enjoyment of constitutional rights and presents over 30 recommendations to strengthen human rights and freedoms.
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s Human Rights Report Card assesses South Africans’ enjoyment of constitutional rights and presents over 30 recommendations to strengthen human rights and freedoms.
The FW de Klerk Foundation has submitted comments to Parliament on the National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency Amendment Bill, which proposes the creation of a single state-owned entity to finance, develop and manage South Africa’s national bulk water infrastructure.
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 FW de Klerk Foundation has submitted comments to Parliament on the Water Services Amendment Bill, supporting its aim to improve accountability in South Africa’s failing water sector while proposing safeguards to uphold constitutional and cooperative governance principles.
The FW de Klerk Foundation notes the arrival of Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III as the United States’ top diplomat to South Africa. As a Foundation dedicated to upholding the South African Constitution and the 1994 National Accord, we welcome the Ambassador’s stated commitment to a “fact-based” assessment of the challenges facing our constitutional democracy.
Ismail Joosub examines President Ramaphosa’s SONA 2026 water reforms against the reality of South Africa’s deepening water crisis, arguing that governance failure – not natural scarcity – lies at the heart of collapsing services. It analyses the proposed national coordination, infrastructure investment and licensing reforms through a constitutional lens, assessing whether they can restore the right of access to water and reverse decades of municipal decline.
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.
