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.
South Africa’s 2026 Budget signals a significant increase in funding for water and sanitation infrastructure, but the real story lies in government’s attempt to fix the governance failures that allowed municipal systems to collapse.
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.
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.
AGOA’s renewal offers welcome short-term certainty for South African exporters, workers and communities after months of trade uncertainty. But continued US tariffs are eroding the real benefits of preferential access, placing jobs, competitiveness and value chains under growing pressure. This moment must be used wisely to protect livelihoods and to pursue diversified, constitutionally grounded trade and economic reforms for the future.
The FW de Klerk Foundation takes great pleasure in hosting our Annual Conference to commemorate the 36th Anniversary of FW de Klerk’s speech that opened the way to South Africa’s constitutional transformation.
The FW de Klerk Foundation takes great pleasure in hosting our Annual Conference to commemorate the 36th Anniversary of FW de Klerk’s speech that opened the way to South Africa’s constitutional transformation.
Ismail Joosub considers the recently published 2025 Africa Organised Crime Index, which ranks South Africa first in Southern Africa and second on the continent for criminality.
Amirah Hassim and Thando Malinga explore the pitfalls of online gambling in South Africa and identify the poor as the worst affected.
