THE CONSTITUTION@WORK PRESENTS: INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES

When

15 March 2024    
All Day

Event Type

In this episode of The Constitution@Work, the FW de Klerk Foundation’s Constitutional Programmes team – Daniela Ellerbeck, Manager of Constitutional Programmes, Christo van de Rheede, Executive Director, Ismail Joosub, Legal Officer, as well as the FW de Klerk Foundation Interns, Shaun Kinnes and Siyakudumisa Zicina – discuss challenges and opportunities surrounding our indigenous languages.

  • An Educational Perspective on the Importance of Mother Tongue Education
  • Economic Value Chain
  • The Constitutional and Legislative Treatment of Language and Cultural Rights
  • Possible Solutions
  • Summary

 

 

The FW de Klerk Foundation Annual Conference

The FW de Klerk Foundation Annual Conference – hosted in conjunction with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung – took place on 31 January 2025. The theme of this year’s conference is: “South Africa’s Position in the World Today”.
 

 Esteemed speakers include Ambassador Andreas Peschke (Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany); Magda Wierzycka (CEO of Sygnia); Dr Harlan Cloete (Local Governance and Public Leadership – Research Fellow) and Johan “Rassie” Erasmus (Springbok Coach).