STATEMENT ON STATS SA’S PROPOSED INFORMAL BUSINESS REGISTER
2025-07-17
The FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes Statistics South Africa’s proposal to establish a national register for informal and small-scale businesses.
The FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes Statistics South Africa’s proposal to establish a national register for informal and small-scale businesses.
The FW de Klerk Foundation is deeply concerned by reports that Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Nobuhle Nkabane, misled Parliament regarding the appointment of politically connected individuals to chair the boards of Sector Education and Training Authorities.
The FW de Klerk Foundation notes with concern the President’s inconsistent treatment of his Cabinet members.
Ismail Joosub analyses the recent conflict in the Middle East and questions whether those in leadership positions remember that escalation and “self-defence” attacks are not the only options – diplomacy is not dead.
Ismail Joosub reviews the National Prosecuting Authority, established to be constitutional bulwark against crime and corruption, which has suffered from political meddling, poor leadership choices and resource constraints to become a shell of itself.
Christina Teichmann and Christo van der Rheede recently met with the CDU Parliamentary Group of Lower Saxony for a briefing in Cape Town during their visit to South Africa.
Ismail Joosub considers the third rendition of the budget speech and what it would look like if it did not skirt around our most urgent long-term challenge: The economic and social exclusion of young people.
Ismail Joosub clarifies misinformation claims about a racially motivated genocide in South Africa, the history of the “Afrikaner” identity and the legality of being a refugee.
Christo van der Rheede welcomes President Ramaphosa’s visit to Washington and hopes that the representatives of both South Africa and the United States put the needs of their countrymen before trivial domestic matters.