FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION DIPLOMATIC BREAKFAST
18 February 2025
The FW de Klerk Foundation hosted a diplomatic breakfast at its office and welcomed delegates from Belgium, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Greece, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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THE CONSTITUTION@WORK PRESENTS: ELECTORAL REFORM PODCAST #7
18 February 2025
In this episode of the Constitution@Work, Ismail Joosub, Thando Malinga, Lusanda Mahkuntsu and Mpone Komako, of the FW de Klerk Foundation, discuss the importance of electoral reform before 2029, the rapidly closing window for meaningful electoral reform, the Foundation's recent submission regarding the Draft Amendments to the Local Government Municipal Planning and Performance Management Regulations and the Foundation's urgent request to Honourable Dr Leon Schreiber (MP Minister of Home Affairs), Honourable Angela Thokozile Didiza (Speaker of the National Assembly) and Honourable Mosa Chabane (Chairperson, Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs) for swift action to ensure Parliament fulfils its legal obligations, by ensuring that any necessary legislation can be processed in good time.
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THE CONSTITUTION@WORK PRESENTS: DISCUSSIONS WITH CILLIERS BRINK ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT PART 1
18 February 2025
In this episode of Constitution@Work, Ismail Joosub, the Foundation's Constitutional Advancement Programme Manager, sits down with Cilliers Brink, member of the Democratic Alliance, to discuss local government.
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THE 2025 FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE: “SOUTH AFRICA'S POSITION IN THE WORLD TODAY"
31 January 2025
The FW de Klerk Foundation, in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, presents the 2025 FW de Klerk Foundation Annual Conference: “South Africa's Position in the World Today"
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THE CONSTITUTION@WORK PRESENTS: ELECTORAL REFORM PODCAST #1
6 December 2024
In this episode of The Constitution@Work, Daniela Ellerbeck, the FW de Klerk Foundation Constitutional Rights Programme Manager, is joined by acclaimed guests Michael Louis (Attorney, CEO of the Louis Group and Chairman of both One South Africa Movement and the Independent Candidate Association South Africa), Jan Gerber (News24 Parliamentary Journalist) and RW Johnson (Political Scientist, Lecturer at Oxford University and the Director of the Helen Suzman Foundation) to discuss electoral reform.
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THE CONSTITUTION@WORK PRESENTS: ELECTORAL REFORM PODCAST #2
29 November 2024 - 30 November 2024
In this episode of The Constitution@Work, Daniela Ellerbeck, Ismail Joosub, as well as Alfred Sibusiso Mahkuntsu of the FW de Klerk Foundation are joined by esteemed guests Mmusi Aloysias Maimane (Leader of Build One South Africa, the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Appropriations and the previous Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly) and Michael Atkins (Election Analyst, Author of Expert Reports which challenge the Electoral Amendment Act and an Advocate of accurate and transparent processes during elections) to discuss electoral reform.
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FW DE KLERK MEMORIAL LECTURE 2024
11 November 2024
The third FW de Klerk Memorial Lecture took place in Cape Town on Monday, 11 November.
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CENTRE FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION OF SOUTH AFRICA LAUNCH
10 November 2024
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s launch of its Centre for the Constitutional Transformation of South Africa took place in Cape Town on Sunday, 10 November.
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The Constitution@Work Presents: The Nuclear Podcast #2
14 August 2024
In this episode of The Constitution@Work, Ismail Joosub, the FW de Klerk Foundation's Legal Officer, as well as the Foundation's Interns Shaun Kinnes, Siyakudumisa Zicina and Ezra Mendel - discuss South Africa's nuclear history, nuclear proliferation, artificial intelligence, uranium trade laws and much more with Prof Jo-Ansie van Wyk, International Relations Professor at the University of South Africa (UNISA).
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The Constitution@Work Presents: The Nuclear Podcast #1
14 August 2024
In this episode of The Constitution@Work, the FW de Klerk Foundation's Constitutional Programmes Team discuss why South Africans should care about nuclear weapons, the current global nuclear weapon landscape, mutually assured destruction theory and much more with Prof Anna-Mart van Wyk, International Relations Professor at the University of Johannesburg and nuclear weapons historian.
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