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.

CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS AND LINGUISTIC RIGHTS REPORT CARD 2026 LAUNCH PHOTO GALLERY
The FW de Klerk Foundation today released its CRL Rights Report Card for 2026, identifying significant developments affecting cultural, religious and linguistic rights while highlighting persistent

THE 2026 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS CONFERENCE PHOTO GALLERY
The FW de Klerk Foundation, in partnership with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, hosted the Constitutional Rights Conference in Rosebank, Johannesburg on the 29th of July 2026. The core

FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION CALLS FOR END TO “CULTURE OF IMPUNITY” IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
The FW de Klerk Foundation urges government to end local government impunity by enforcing Auditor-General findings, strengthening accountability, stabilising coalitions, and ensuring competent, ethical councillors to
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION: 2023 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION AT THE 2023 FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po96GFeACR8 The FW de Klerk Foundation and Konrad Adenauer Foundation are proud to
THE RULE OF LAW, THE CONSTITUTION & SOUTH AFRICA’S INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY
On 13 July, the FW de Klerk Foundation, supported by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), hosted a discussion on: The Rule of Law, The Constitution and South
SPEECH: DEALING WITH THE PAST
It is once again a great pleasure for me to address the Cape Town Press Club.
I shall spend a little more time today on the past than on the future ‐ because, at the age of 84, I have much more past than future ‐ and also because the past has become an increasingly contentious issue, not only for the present ‐ but also for the future.
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