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The precarious position of foreigners in South Africa By Tyla Dallas, Manager of Constitutional Programmes at the FW de Klerk Foundation. Article 4
The precarious position of foreigners in South Africa By Tyla Dallas, Manager of Constitutional Programmes at the FW de Klerk Foundation. Article 4
Few individuals have changed the course of human history more significantly than Mikhail Gorbachev. The glasnost and perestroika reforms that he introduced – which were
In honour of International Day Against Nuclear Tests today, FW de Klerk Foundation Chairman Dave Steward speaks to Jonathan Granoff on the current threat of nuclear weapons, particularly against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and the latest developments in East Asia.
Jonathan is the President of the Global Security Institute in New York. He is also the UN Representative of the World Summits of Nobel Peace Laureates, where he worked with Dave for over a decade. He has spent his career fighting against nuclear weapons and for the destruction of this threat to mankind.
On 13 July, the FW de Klerk Foundation, supported by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), hosted a discussion on: The Rule of Law, The Constitution and South
Putin’s nuclear risk: The stability that characterized the Cold War stand-off may no longer exist BY DAVID STEWARD AND JONATHAN GRANOFF, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS –
This article will consider the factors that have determined the course of events during the past 26 years of ANC rule. They include jockeying for position between the various factions within the Alliance; the contest between ideology and pragmatism; and the temptation to translate political power into personal enrichment.
The first two years of ANC rule represented the golden (but perhaps false) dawn of the new era. South Africa won the Rugby World Cup; Nelson Mandela used his immense charisma to promote reconciliation and national unity. The country was ruled by a Government of National Unity (GNU) that represented 90% of the electorate.
The 75 years since the end of World War II in Europe have been the most remarkable period in human history. They have witnessed unimaginable economic growth; an explosion in technology; and an enormous expansion of our understanding of the universe, of life and of ourselves. The human condition has improved more rapidly than at any time in history – whether measured by economic wellbeing, longevity, education or freedom.
They have also changed South Africa beyond all recognition.
Putin’s nuclear risk: The stability that characterized the Cold War stand-off may no longer exist BY DAVID STEWARD AND JONATHAN GRANOFF, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS – 03/30/22
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.