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Proposed Hate Speech Bill Will Silence Democracy for All
Proposed Hate Speech Bill Will Silence Democracy for All Issued By the FW de Klerk Foundation on 09/05/2023 The Hate Speech Bill 2018 –
2023-05-09
Proposed Hate Speech Bill Will Silence Democracy for All Issued By the FW de Klerk Foundation on 09/05/2023 The Hate Speech Bill 2018 –
On 25 December 2022, while most South Africans celebrated Christmas, news broke of a racial incident at the Maselspoort Resort and Conference Centre involving an
Celebrated annually on 24 September since 1994, Heritage Day recognises and celebrates the diversity of South Africa’s ‘Rainbow Nation’. Our Constitution assures South Africans’ rights
REMARKS BY FORMER PRESIDENT F W DE KLERK DURING THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE INITIATING MEETING OF THE GLOBAL FORUM ON NEW DEMOCRACIES, TAIPEI 26
SPEECH BY FORMER PRESIDENT F W DE KLERK: CAPE TOWN, 1 DECEMBER 2005 FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AFTER 11 YEARS Eleven years have
SPEECH BY F W DE KLERK TO LIVING NEWSPAPER CAPE TOWN, 30 SEPTEMBER 2002 SOUTH AFRICA’S PROGRESS TO DEMOCRACY: 8 YEARS ON Eight years
The trouble with political slogans is that they are meaningless. We have seen it with the communist and socialist policies, enacted in the name of the proletariat; the working class, and those who are exploited by the “capitalists”.
It is a great honour for me to address such an important and interesting conference at my old Alma Mater. The theme of the conference is as daunting as it is interesting – dealing as it does with ‘Reformation theology and its impact on world societies after 500 years’. I must point out at the outset that I am a lawyer and not a theologian – so offer the following comments with some trepidation.
The dust has settled a bit regarding the Constitutional Court’s ruling in the Gelyke Kanse (GK) case on Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Language Policy (read the full analysis of the case here). The implications of this ruling are relevant for SU and the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University (NWU Potch); and perhaps most importantly of all, for Afrikaans as a language of instruction in public schools.