In this episode of The Constitution@Work, Daniela Ellerbeck and Ismail Joosub, of the FW de Klerk Foundation, are joined by Mohau Lecheko and Mmusi Aloysias Maimane, leader of Build One South Africa, to discuss electoral reform.

The Fourth FW de Klerk Memorial Lecture was delivered on 11 November 2025, by Mr Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute, in Cape Town at The Capital, 15 on Orange Hotel.

In this episode of The Constitution@Work, Daniela Ellerbeck, Ismail Joosub and Thando Malinga of the FW de Klerk Foundation are joined by Adv Glynnis Breytenbach (a Member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance) and Adv Paul Hofmann (Director of Accountability Now) to discuss corruption, the state’s constitutional duty to take all reasonable measures to counter corruption and organised crime, as well as Adv Breytenbach’s recently introduced Private Member’s Bill entitled “The Constitution’s 21st Amendment Bill”, amongst others.

Ismail Joosub and Amirah Hassim, members of the FW de Klerk Foundation’s Constitutional Advancement Programme, are joined by Advice Chuma (Founder of the Swakoteka Foundation) to discuss student activism, how young voices are treated in local government, how to get the youth involved in our democracy, the difficulties facing Johannesburg and the reality of coalitions at the local government level.

In this episode of The Constitution@Work, the FW de Klerk Foundation’s Constitutional Rights Programme team, Daniela Ellerbeck and Lusanda Mahkuntsu, are joined by Tony Leon (former leader of the Democratic Alliance). Together, they explore the 14-day period the Constitution allows for the formation of a national government and what the events leading up to the establishment of South Africa’s 2024 Government of National Unity reveal about the Constitution, the country’s political culture, and the future of coalition governance.

In this episode of The Constitution@Work, Daniela Ellerbeck, Ismail Joosub and Christo van der Rheede discuss the intersection of law, policy and inclusive economic growth in South Africa with the Foundation’s current interns, Amirah Hassim and Sonia Twongyeirwe.

In honour of Heritage Month, the FW de Klerk Foundation’s Constitutional Rights Programme team launched the Foundation’s annual Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights Report Card.

In the latest episode of Constitution@Work, the FW de Klerk Foundation team - Christo van der Rheede, Daniela Ellerbeck and Ismail Joosub - is joined by Prof William Gumede to discuss how to achieve stable coalition governments. This timely conversation marks the recent first anniversary of the establishment of the 2024 Government of National Unity ("GNU").

In honour of Women's Month and in support of Money Smart Week 2025, the Constitutional Advancement Programme team hosted a roundtable discussion featuring Thando Malinga, Amirah Hassim, Nadia Adam (FAB Foundation Founder) and Kamvakazi Myataza (Project Youth SA Board Member).

On 28 July, the FW de Klerk Foundation hosted its Constitutional Rights Conference on "Achieving an Inclusive Economy".