CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IS SACROSANCT
The FW de Klerk Foundation discusses the pro-Palestine group’s disruption of a peace prayer gathering on November 12 at Sea Point promenade was unjustified and a clear violation of the prayer group’s constitutional rights to free speech and peaceful demonstration.
VOTER REGISTRATION – AN ESSENTIAL PREREQUISITE FOR A HEALTHY AND VIBRANT DEMOCRACY
The FW de Klerk Foundation supports the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in its campaign to mobilise South Africans to register for the 2024 National and Provincial Elections this weekend, 18 and 19 November.
2023 FW DE KLERK MEMORIAL LECTURE
I am very honoured to be asked to make a few comments at this second memorial lecture of FW de Klerk. I have been asked by Elita to do it, and I was asked by Dave Steward, FW’s close friend and associate, who is the chairman of the FW de Klerk Foundation in South Africa to make these remarks.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
SPEECHES
EVENTS
THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION CONCERNED HLOPHE’S APPOINTMENT TO JSC WILL WEAKEN CRUCIAL INSTITUTION
The FW de Klerk Foundation is concerned by the appointment of Dr John Hlophe, MP to serve on the Judicial Service Commission (“JSC”).
ENSURING FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Ismail Joosub, the FW de Klerk Foundation’s Legal Officer, examines what constitutes free and fair elections in South Africa, exploring the legal framework, the role of the Independent Electoral Commission (“IEC”), international standards and the challenges faced in upholding electoral integrity.
THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION WELCOMES THE NEW CABINET ANNOUNCEMENT BY PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA
The FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of the new Cabinet.
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