South Africa’s water crisis is often described as a service delivery failure. It is that, but it is also something more concrete and more measurable: a national economic loss. It is costing the state billions, municipalities billions more and ordinary citizens money they cannot spare.
South Africa’s water crisis is no longer just a service delivery failure, but a mounting constitutional and economic emergency that is draining billions from the state, weakening municipal finances and placing a growing burden on ordinary citizens.
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, in partnership with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, hosted its Constitutional Rights Conference on “Achieving an Inclusive Economy” in Johannesburg on 24 July 2025.
1 August 2025 is D-day for South Africa as a looming trade shock becomes reality: the United States is set to impose a punitive 30% tariff on South African exports. Ismail Joosub proposes how South Africa can recalibrate and cushion ourselves against such threats going forward.
Christo van der Rheede responds to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s statement regarding his commitment to doing away with racial classifications and creating a non-racial society, as envisioned in the Constitution.
Ismail Joosub, Manager of the Constitutional Advancement Programme, analyses the recently enforced Employment Equity Amendment Act of 2022, the potential ramifications of this Act, as well as constitutionally sound alternatives.
The FW de Klerk Foundation acknowledges the adoption of the national Budget by the National Assembly, which passed with 194 votes in favour and 182 against, with no abstentions.
