CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
HIGH COURT RULING PLACES CLEAR DUTIES ON THE WESTERN CAPE GOVERNMENT AHEAD OF 2026 SCHOOL ADMISSIONS
The FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes the Western Cape High Court’s judgment directing the Western Cape Education Department to take firm steps to ensure every learner has access to schooling in 2026.
GBV DECLARED A NATIONAL DISASTER: WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
Ismail Joosub outlines what the President’s declaration of Gender-based Violence as a national disaster legally means, as well as the pitfalls if the government doesn’t fulfil its strengthened legal obligation.
ORGANISED CRIME INDEX WARNS OF DEEPENING CRIMINALITY AND GOVERNANCE FAILURES IN SOUTH AFRICA
Ismail Joosub considers the recently published 2025 Africa Organised Crime Index, which ranks South Africa first in Southern Africa and second on the continent for criminality.
PODCASTS
THE CONSTITUTION@WORK PRESENTS: ELECTORAL REFORM PODCAST #6
1 December 2025 @ All Day. –
In this episode of The Constitution@Work, Daniela Ellerbeck and Ismail Joosub, of the FW de Klerk Foundation, are joined by Mohau Lecheko and Mmusi Aloysias Maimane, leader of Build One South Africa, to discuss electoral reform.
THE CONSTITUTION@WORK PRESENTS: A CLOSER LOOK AT CORRUPTION & ANTI-CORRUPTION BILLS
23 October 2025 @ All Day. –
In this episode of The Constitution@Work, Daniela Ellerbeck, Ismail Joosub and Thando Malinga of the FW de Klerk Foundation are joined by Adv Glynnis Breytenbach (a Member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance) and Adv Paul Hofmann (Director of Accountability Now) to discuss corruption, the state’s constitutional duty to take all reasonable measures to counter corruption and organised crime, as well as Adv Breytenbach’s recently introduced Private Member’s Bill entitled “The Constitution’s 21st Amendment Bill”, amongst others.
THE CONSTITUTION IN ACTION: YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY
16 October 2025 @ All Day. –
Ismail Joosub and Amirah Hassim, members of the FW de Klerk Foundation’s Constitutional Advancement Programme, are joined by Advice Chuma (Founder of the Swakoteka Foundation) to discuss student activism, how young voices are treated in local government, how to get the youth involved in our democracy, the difficulties facing Johannesburg and the reality of coalitions at the local government level.
SUBMISSIONS
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION CALLS ON PARLIAMENT TO CREATE CONSTITUTIONALLY COMPLIANT ANTI-CORRUPTION BODY
The FW de Klerk Foundation has submitted formal comments on the Special Investigating Unit’s Draft National Corruption Risk and Prevention Framework – highlighting the unconstitutionality of South Africa’s current corruption framework.
SUBMISSION ON THE DRAFT NATIONAL CORRUPTION RISK AND PREVENTION FRAMEWORK
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s submission regarding the Draft National Corruption Risk And Prevention Framework.
SUBMISSION ON THE DRAFT WHITE PAPER ON AUDIO AND AUDIO VISUAL MEDIA SERVICES AND ONLINE SAFETY
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s submission regarding the Draft White Paper on Audio and Audio Visual Media Services and Online Safety.
SPEECHES
SPEECH BY PRESIDENT FW DE KLERK TO PARLIAMENT ON THE DISMANTLING OF SOUTH AFRICA’S NULCEAR WEAPONS, 24 MARCH 1993
NUCLEAR WEAPONS EXTRACT FROM SPEECH BY THE STATE PRESIDENT, MR F W DE KLERK, TO A JOINT SESSION OF PARLIAMENT, 24 MARCH 1993 Mr Speaker,
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,
EVENTS
HIGH COURT RULING PLACES CLEAR DUTIES ON THE WESTERN CAPE GOVERNMENT AHEAD OF 2026 SCHOOL ADMISSIONS
The FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes the Western Cape High Court’s judgment directing the Western Cape Education Department to take firm steps to ensure every learner has access to schooling in 2026.
THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE LATE DR FRANKLIN SONN WILL POSTHUMOUSLY BE AWARDED THE 2025 FW DE KLERK GOODWILL AWARD
The FW de Klerk Foundation is pleased to announce that the late Dr Franklin Sonn will posthumously be awarded the 2025 FW de Klerk Goodwill Award in recognition of his lifelong service and outstanding contribution to fostering reconciliation and transformation across South Africa.
JACOB GEDLEYIHLEKISA ZUMA AND ANOTHER V PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA AND OTHERS [2025] ZACC 21
Lusanda Mahkuntsu considers whether the Constitutional Court had jurisdiction to hear a challenge brought by former President Jacob Zuma and the uMkhonto weSizwe Party against certain decisions of President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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