CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
SOUTH AFRICA’S CLIMATE CHANGE ACT: A CONSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT PERSPECTIVE
Ismail Joosub delves into the key provisions of the Climate Change Act, its economic implications, its alignment with the Constitution and the future prospects and challenges it presents.
WOMEN NEED SAFETY TO PROSPER
Daniela Ellerbeck, Manager of Constitutional Programmes at the FW de Klerk Foundation, reflects on gender inequality, barriers of entry into the economy for women and gender-based violence.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOUTH AFRICA IN GREEN ENERGY: A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE
Siyakudumisa Zicina, Intern at the FW de Klerk Foundation, interrogates South Africa’s just energy transition (“JET”) movement from a budget perspective.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
SPEECHES
EVENTS
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION STATEMENT ON THE 2025 BUDGET SPEECH
The FW de Klerk Foundation acknowledges the 2025 Budget Speech delivered by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and comments on the fiscal decisions that have been made.
ASSESSING THE REAL-WORLD IMPACT OF EDUCATION BUDGET CUTS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Ismail Joosub outlines the cost of postponing the National Budget Speech for schools and the deterioration the nation should expect if education funding shortfalls continue.
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION COMMENDS BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ON PIT TOILET ERADICATION EFFORTS
The FW de Klerk Foundation commends the Department of Basic Education for its remarkable achievement in eliminating over 93% of identified pit toilets in public schools across South Africa.
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