The FW de Klerk Foundation has learned with the greatest sadness of the passing of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi this morning – shortly after the celebration of his 95th birthday.
On 29 August 2023, Kholeka Gcaleka, who is the Acting Public Protector (APP), was nominated as the candidate to succeed the disgraced Busisiwe Mkhwebane as Public Protector (PP). Mkhwebane’s predecessor, Advocate Thuli Madonsela, demonstrated how the office of Public Protector could play a crucial role in holding to account state institutions that were suspected of improper conduct. Indeed, her fearless exposure of state capture under President Jacob Zuma played a pivotal role in forcing his resignation. Sadly, Mkhwebane did not continue this proud tradition and instead mired the office in unseemly controversy after controversy, racking up an unprecedented number of judicial rebukes in the process.
According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2023, South Africa stood unchanged from its 20th position in the world in terms of gender equality. The report noted that South Africa had “closed more than 70% of the overall gender gap”, but that it would “take 102 years to close the gender gap”.
On 31 May, Dave Steward, FW de Klerk Chairman, issued a response to Prof Koos Malan’s view on those who supported the constitutional transformation of South Africa. Today, he responds to Prof Malan’s reply to this initial article.
In his recent articles on the Constitution, Prof Koos Malan expresses the view that those of us who supported the constitutional transformation of South Africa between 1989 and 1996 were motivated by some kind of liberal-religious delusion. Dave Steward, Chairman of the FW de Klerk Foundation, responds.
Vogue Leaders Interview with Elita de Klerk Published by Vogue Leaders Czech Edition on 17/05/2023 Michaela Dombrovská Love not only took her far from
Mrs Elita de Klerk and the Board of the FW de Klerk Foundation would like to convey their deepest condolences to the family and friends of
By Jeanette De Klerk-Luttig The word integrity is used so frequently these days in speeches and newspaper reports, that it has become almost blasé. But
FAREWELL SPEECH BY MR FW DE KLERK, IN PARLIAMENT, 9 SEPTEMBER 1997 (Thanks.) It is certainly difficult to make a farewell speech. There is a
