CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
FW DE KLERK MEMORIAL LECTURE 2023 INTERVIEWS
Tributes to FW de Klerk at this year’s FW de Klerk Memorial Lecture at the Global Leadership Foundation’s annual memorial dinner.
JUSTICE DELAYED, JUSTICE DENIED: A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS IN SOUTH AFRICA
The chronic inefficiency plaguing the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and the persistent delays in delivering judgments by our courts raises serious constitutional concerns, jeopardising the very essence of justice in our democratic society.
THE DANGERS OF USING CRIMINAL SANCTIONS TO LIMIT FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND TO ENFORCE SOCIAL COHESION
On 15 November 2023, Parliament’s second house of Parliament – the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) – passed the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill despite countless submissions from various stakeholders opposing the Bill’s clear curtailment of the constitutionally-entrenched right to freedom of expression. The Bill will now go to the National Assembly for concurrence.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
SPEECHES
EVENTS
SOUTH AFRICA’S CONTROVERSIAL PARLIAMENTARIANS – A CONSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
Ismail Joosub investigates the controversial Members of Parliament (“MP”) and examines figures facing criminal prosecution, or allegations of committing crimes, to Parliament.
MITIGATING ELECTORAL VIOLENCE THROUGH CONSTITUTIONAL MEASURES
Shaun Kinnes, an Intern at the FW de Klerk Foundation, explores the heightened intelligence and security measures implemented in the 2024 elections to ensure that they were free and fair.
COALITION GOVERNMENT CONFERENCE
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s Coalition Government Conference, presented in collaboration with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, took place in Johannesburg on Friday, 12 July.
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