CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
MPs INVITE PUBLIC COMMENT ON KEY CONSTITUTIONAL BILLS
The FW de Klerk Foundation wishes to alert the South African public to three significant private members’ bills.
GOVERNMENT’S PLAN TO STORE HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE AT VAALPUTS
The FW de Klerk Foundation notes with concern the government’s intention to develop a centralised interim facility at Vaalputs (Namaqualand) for the storage of high-level waste.
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION ADDRESSES G20 INTERFAITH FORUM ON THE CHALLENGES OF INEQUALITY
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s Executive Director Christo van der Rheede addressed the G20 Interfaith Forum on the Challenges of Inequality: How Inequality is Understood, Challenges of Colonial and Political Legacies.
PODCASTS
THE CONSTITUTION@WORK PRESENTS: THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS WITH ADVOCATE PAUL HOFFMAN
16 September 2022 @ 12:00 am –
In this episode of The Constitution@Work, Director and Head of Projects at Accountability Now Advocate Paul Hoffman joins FW de Klerk Foundation Chairperson Dave Steward and Manager of Constitutional Programmes Tyla Dallas for a discussion on the accountability of public officials, looking specifically…
THE CONSTITUTION@WORK PRESENTS: THE IMPACT OF THE BASIC EDUCATION LAWS AMENDMENT BILL ON LANGUAGE RIGHTS IN SA
14 September 2022 @ 12:00 am –
In this series of The Constitution@Work, FW de Klerk Foundation Chairperson Dave Steward and Manager of Constitutional Programmes Tyla Dallas discuss the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (“BELA Bill”) and the severe impact it will have on language rights and undocumented learners in South Africa.
THE CONSTITUTION@WORK PRESENTS: THE CURRENT THREAT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS WITH JONATHAN GRANOFF
29 August 2022 @ 12:00 am –
Thirteen years ago, the United Nations declared 29 August as the International Day Against Nuclear Tests. In honour of the occasion, the latest episode of The Constitution@Work – the new podcast series by the FW de Klerk Foundation – features Foundation Chairman Dave Steward in conversation with Jonathan Granoff on the current threat of nuclear weapons, particularly against the backdrop…
SUBMISSIONS
CIVIL SOCIETY SHOULD NOT BE SPIED UPON
Today, Parliament heard the FW de Klerk Foundation’s oral submission on the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill (“the GILAB”).
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE LAWS AMENDMENT BILL ORAL SUBMISSION
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE LAWS AMENDMENT BILL ORAL SUBMISSION Click here to read the oral submission speech and here to view the accompanying slides.
PETROLEUM PARITY: FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION SUBMITS COMMENTS ON UPSTREAM PETROLEUM RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT BILL
The FW de Klerk Foundation submitted a comprehensive written submission to Parliament on the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill.
SPEECHES
THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA AT 13 – THE PROBLEMS OF BEING A TEENAGER
SPEECH BY FORMER PRESIDENT F W DE KLERK TO PSG KONSULT NATIONAL CONFERENCE: SUN CITY, 2 MARCH 2007 NATIONAL CREDIT INDABA, SANDTON, 12 JULY 2007
AFRIKAANS: SECOND NATIONAL LANGUAGE CONFERENCE
TOESPRAAK OP 23 FEBRUARIE DEUR MNR F W DE KLERK BY DIE NASIONALE FORUM VIR AFRIKAANS SE TWEEDE NASIONALE TAALBERAAD Die oorkoepelende tema van
THE GLOBAL FORUM FOR NEW DEMOCRACIES
REMARKS BY FORMER PRESIDENT F W DE KLERK DURING THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE INITIATING MEETING OF THE GLOBAL FORUM ON NEW DEMOCRACIES, TAIPEI 26
EVENTS
THE FUTURE OF AFRIKAANS – A VALUE CHAIN PERSPECTIVE
Christo van der Rheede discusses the recent concerning reports indicating that the state of Afrikaans (and multilingualism by extension) is in decline, the different links of the Afrikaans value chain and how these links must be rethought to strengthen the state of Afrikaans.
THE BUSINESS OF VALUES: ETHICAL LEADERSHIP AND THE ROAD FORWARD
Ismail Joosub recognises how transformation is often treated as a political checkbox, when it is an ethical imperative, and shares ways that government and the private sector can achieve actual social progress.
THE JUSTICE SYSTEM UNDER SIEGE: WHY THE MADLANGA COMMISSION MUST DELIVER
The FW de Klerk Foundation encourages the Madlanga Commission to keep pace and not linger to give wrongdoers time to regroup, and suggests ways for it to succeed. The rule of law cannot wait.
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