In a speech in Vienna on 20 January FW de Klerk addressed the questions of regionalism and linguistic minorities and the role that they are playing in the current crisis in Ukraine.
The FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes the decision by government to ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), which commits parties to ensuring these rights.
It is a great honour to be with you today and to be able to address the extremely relevant question of the Power of Regions within the context of the challenges facing Ukraine.
At the ANC’s glittering Gala Dinner in Cape Town last Friday President Zuma said that Jan van Riebeeck’s arrival in the Cape was the beginning of all South Africa’s problems.
25 YEARS SINCE 2 FEBRUARY 1990:
A QUARTER OF A CENTURY OF BUILDING AND DEFENDING NON-RACIAL CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY
According to “Rapport” of 30 November 2014, the Minister of Higher Education, Dr Blade Nzimande, has threatened to withdraw the registration of the private university, Akademia, if its language of tuition remains exclusively Afrikaans.
I am sorry that I am unable to attend this year’s World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in person – but long-standing engagements have made it impossible for me to be in Rome at this time of the year.
[Excerpt from Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, delivered in Oslo, Norway, on 10 December 1993]
“…In our quest for peace we should constantly ask ourselves what we should do to create conditions in which peace can prosper.
The Foundation’s Executive Director, Dave Steward (middle left) and Alten Hulme of Konica Minolta South Africa (middle right) had a wonderful visit to Friends of Vista Nova on Tuesday, 9 December.
