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.
THE FOURTH FW DE KLERK MEMORIAL LECTURE
The FW de Klerk Foundation, in partnership with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, hosted the Fourth FW de Klerk Memorial Lecture on 11 November 2025.
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS AND LINGUISTIC RIGHTS REPORT CARD LAUNCH
The FW de Klerk Foundation, in partnership with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, launched its 2025 Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights Report Card (“CRL Report”)
ACHIEVING AN INCLUSIVE ECONOMY CONFERENCE COMPENDIUM
The FW de Klerk Foundation, in partnership with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, hosted its Constitutional Rights Conference on “Achieving an Inclusive Economy”. This is a compendium of the
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