CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES AND SOUTH AFRICA’S 2024 GENERAL ELECTIONS
South Africa’s 2024 General Elections have been marked as one of the most vital and controversial elections since the 1994 election that ushered in South Africa’s new dawn of democracy and freedom. Not only was the election hotly contested, but it was the first to feature independent candidates.
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL PARTY POSITIONS GOING INTO A GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY
The ANC has laid out specific conditions for political parties interested in joining its GNU. Ismail Joosub explores how numerous parties have responded to the ANC’s conditions.
THE IMPERATIVE OF FORMALISING COALITION AGREEMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Ismail Joosub takes a look at why South Africa’s coalition governments have been unstable. It also looks at the legislative efforts aimed at formalising these agreements and the necessity of detailed coalition agreements to secure coherent policy implementation.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
SPEECHES
EVENTS
THE EXPROPRIATION ACT, 2024’S “NIL COMPENSATION” – A HISTORY
Daniela Ellerbeck explores the Expropriation Act in a series of articles. This first article outlines the history of the Act.
THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2025
The FW de Klerk Annual Conference – hosted in conjunction with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung – took place at the President Hotel in Cape Town on 31 January 2025.
THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN SOUTH AFRICA’S ELECTORAL REFORM
Daniela Ellerbeck discusses the Electoral Act, as well as electoral reform and the importance of public participation.
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