CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
STARTING A SMALL BUSINESS: EXERCISING ECONOMIC RIGHTS AND PROMOTING EQUALITY
Ismail Joosub delves into how financial literacy equips entrepreneurs with the tools needed to navigate the complexities of starting and running a business.
EMPOWERING SOUTH AFRICAN HOMEBUYERS: A CONSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON FINANCIAL DECISION-MAKING IN HOUSING OWNERSHIP
Ismail Joosub, Manager of the Constitutional Advancement Programme, explores the intersection of financial literacy, homeownership and the constitutional right to adequate housing, offering insights into the financial strategies necessary for aspiring homeowners.
REVIVAL OF INFAMOUS SECRECY BILL
The Protection of State Information Bill has been revived by the new Parliament. The Foundation shares president Ramaphosa’s reservations regarding the Bill’s constitutionality.
PODCASTS
The Constitution@Work Presents: The Nuclear Podcast #1
14 August 2024 @ All Day –
In this episode of The Constitution@Work, the FW de Klerk Foundation’s Constitutional Programmes Team discuss why South Africans should care about nuclear weapons, the current global nuclear weapon landscape, mutually assured destruction theory and much more with Prof Anna-Mart van Wyk, International Relations Professor at the University of Johannesburg and nuclear weapons historian.
THE CONSTITUTION@WORK PRESENTS: THE GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY
26 June 2024 @ All Day –
In this episode of The Constitution@Work, the FW de Klerk Foundation’s Constitutional Programmes Team discuss the Government of National Unity with Prof. Willem Fourie.
THE CONSTITUTION@WORK PRESENTS: INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES
15 March 2024 @ All Day –
In this episode of The Constitution@Work, the FW de Klerk Foundation’s Constitutional Programmes team discuss challenges and opportunities surrounding our indigenous languages.
SUBMISSIONS
THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION COMMENTS ON GENERAL MUNICIPAL BILL, OPPOSES EXTENDING TIME TO RECTIFY IRREGULAR APPOINTMENTS
Daniela Ellerbeck, the Foundation’s Constitutional Rights Manager, reviews the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs’ General Municipal Bill.
THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION COMMENTS ON COALITION BILL, URGES PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE
The FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Local Government: Municipal Structures Amendment Bill 2024.
COALITION BILL NOT PERFECT, BUT IMPORTANT TO STAY IN CONVERSATION
Daniela Ellerbeck, Constitutional Rights Programme Manager, reviews the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs’ bills that proffer solutions to address the problem of shaky municipal coalitions – the Coalition Bill and the General Bill.
SPEECHES
PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR ALL SOUTH AFRICANS
On Friday, 14 July, the FW de Klerk Foundation, supported by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), hosted a conference on the topic of property rights at the Bryanston Country Club in Johannesburg.
THE CONSTITUTION, STATE CAPTURE AND THE WAY FORWARD
SPEECH BY FW DE KLERK, CHAIRMAN EMERITUS OF THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION TO THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION CONFERENCE, 2 FEBRUARY 2018 THE CONSTITUTION,
AFRICA TODAY AND AFRICA TOMORROW
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EVENTS
STARTING A SMALL BUSINESS: EXERCISING ECONOMIC RIGHTS AND PROMOTING EQUALITY
Ismail Joosub delves into how financial literacy equips entrepreneurs with the tools needed to navigate the complexities of starting and running a business.
EMPOWERING SOUTH AFRICAN HOMEBUYERS: A CONSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON FINANCIAL DECISION-MAKING IN HOUSING OWNERSHIP
Ismail Joosub, Manager of the Constitutional Advancement Programme, explores the intersection of financial literacy, homeownership and the constitutional right to adequate housing, offering insights into the financial strategies necessary for aspiring homeowners.
REVIVAL OF INFAMOUS SECRECY BILL
The Protection of State Information Bill has been revived by the new Parliament. The Foundation shares president Ramaphosa’s reservations regarding the Bill’s constitutionality.
CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
- Equality
- Non-racialism
- Gender Rights
- The Constitution
- The Rule of Law
- Multiparty Democracy
- Personal Rights
- Cultural, Religious and Language Rights
- Freedom of Expression and Political Rights
- Social and Economic Rights
- Property Rights
- Education
- Access To The Courts, Information And Fair Adminstration