DIALOGUE AND CO-OPERATION
CONFERENCES, DIALOGUES AND ROUNDTABLES
Since its inception, the FW de Klerk Foundation has promoted and participated in dialogue and discussions relating to constitutional issues.
It has done so through its annual conferences; its conferences on national issues and the many roundtable meetings
that it has hosted over the years.
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT CARD FOR 2024
FW de Klerk Foundation Human Rights Report Card for 2024. This Human Rights Day, the FW de Klerk Foundation invites you to examine the degree to
SOUTH AFRICA AT 30: PRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROTECTOR ADV KHOLEKA GCALEKA
The FW de Klerk Foundation held their annual conference at the Table Bay Hotel in Cape Town and welcomed many esteemed guests and speakers to the
SOUTH AFRICA AT 30: PRESENTED BY GEORDIN HILL-LEWIS
The FW de Klerk Foundation held their annual conference at the Table Bay Hotel in Cape Town and welcomed many esteemed guests and speakers to the
SPEECH: ACCOMMODATING DIVERSITY IN A SHRINKING WORLD – THE MAIN CHALLENGE TO PEACE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
It is a great honour for me to address you in this beautiful church. The Frauenkirche is a symbol of the victory of faith and peace over the brutality and destruction of war. It was rebuilt and reconsecrated after it had been destroyed in one of the most dreadful episodes in a dreadful war. It stands as an indomitable symbol of mankind’s ability to resurrect the best qualities of our civilization from the ruins and ashes of the worst.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2017
The FW de Klerk Foundation hosted its annual conference on 2 February in Cape Town at the Table Bay Hotel. Speakers for 2017 included former
SPEECH: THE CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA – AT ANOTHER CROSSROADS?
We are privileged to have with us today a number of eminent South Africans who are very well-qualified to address various aspects of our conference today. Judge Yacoob will give us his assessment of where we stand with regard to constitutionality; Moeletsi Mbeki and Christo Wiese will provide perspectives on governance – particularly with regard to the economy. Our goal will be to consider “The Constitution and Governance in South Africa” and to ask whether these are now “at another crossroads?”
ISSUES
- Equality
- Non-Racialism
- Gender Rights
- The Constitution
- The Rule of Law
- Multiparty Democracy
- National Unity
- Personal Rights
- Cultural and Language Rights
- Religion and Ethics
- Freedom of Expression and Political Rights
- Social and Economic Rights
- Property Rights
- Education
- Access to the Courts, Information and Fair Administration