Ismail Joosub considers the high stakes Parliament faces as it prepares to receive a revised national budget, on 21 May, with waning confidence in the ability of both the executive and Parliament to provide clear fiscal leadership, and proposes the establishment of an Office for Budget Responsibility.
Daniela Ellerbeck recognises the agreement, reached this morning by Parliament’s legal services, regarding the President’s concerns about the unconstitutionality of the Protection of State Information Bill.
The FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes the announcement by the Minister of Finance to withdraw the proposed VAT increase and maintain the Value-Added Tax rate at 15% from 1 May 2025.
Ismail Joosub, Manager of the Constitutional Advancement Programme, analyses the recently enforced Employment Equity Amendment Act of 2022, the potential ramifications of this Act, as well as constitutionally sound alternatives.
The FW de Klerk Foundation encourages Minister Gwarube and her department to finish the task of eliminating pit toilets in schools to ensure that no learner is left behind in accessing safe and dignified sanitation.
The Electoral Reform Consultation Panel tabled its three preliminary recommendations today on how South Africa’s present 100% Proportional Representation electoral system for national and provincial elections should be reformed and may impact the 2029 election.
The FW de Klerk Foundation is attending the Electoral Reform Consultation Panel’s conference on why, how and whether South Africa’s present 100% Proportional Representation electoral system should be reformed, changed, or even replaced.
The FW de Klerk Foundation acknowledges the adoption of the national Budget by the National Assembly, which passed with 194 votes in favour and 182 against, with no abstentions.
Ezra Mendel, on the behalf of the FW de Klerk Foundation’s Constitutional Advancement Programme, recently facilitated an impactful session with students of Rand Girls’ High in Johannesburg.
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