The FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes the Constitutional Court’s order, affirming public confidence in the judiciary and protecting journalists from vexatious litigation aimed at intimidating and silencing journalists.
Op 24 September vier Suid-Afrikaners Erfenisdag – ‘n dag wat gestig is om erkenning te gee aan Suid-Afrika se ryk en diverse taal-, godsdiens- en kulturele erfenis.
Ismail Joosub, Legal Officer at the Foundation, explores the complexities of free expression during the electoral period, scrutinising recent developments like the FPB’s notice.
Yesterday, 9 May 2024, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law the Preventing and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill of 2018 , a move that the FW de Klerk Foundation views with deep concern.
This article aims to provide a bird’s eye view of the present legal landscape surrounding expression at present and act as a temperature gauge for how this hard-won right is doing.
In a significant move for South Africa’s legal landscape, the crime of defamation has been abolished. Ismail Joosub, Legal Officer of Constitutional Programmes at the FW de Klerk Foundation, explores this change.
The FW de Klerk Foundation discusses the pro-Palestine group’s disruption of a peace prayer gathering on November 12 at Sea Point promenade was unjustified and a clear violation of the prayer group’s constitutional rights to free speech and peaceful demonstration.
The FW de Klerk Foundation is pleased to share the success of the recent inter-school debate, organised in collaboration with The National Foundations Dialogue Initiative (NFDI).
On 22 May, the FW de Klerk Foundation made a submission to the Select Committee on Security and Justice of the National Council of Provinces on the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill (the Bill).
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