CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
OVERSEEING OVERSIGHT: THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION’S SUBMISSION ON THE IPID AMENDMENT BILL
On Friday 29 September, the FW de Klerk Foundation submitted its views on the Independent Police Investigative Directorate Amendment Bill to Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police.
THE 24TH BIRTHDAY OF THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION
The FW de Klerk Foundation was officially incorporated as a not-for-profit trust on 6 June 1999. Learn about the Foundation’s efforts thus far and its goals for the future.
THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION 2023 REPORT CARD ON CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS AND LANGUAGE RIGHTS
On 15 September, the FW de Klerk Foundation made a written submission to the National Council of Provinces on the National Health Insurance Bill. The Foundation analysed key failures of the NHI Bill with specific reference to the constitutional principle of the Rule of Law and rationality, the feasibility of the proposed system and governance concerns, coupled with the unfettered power of the Minister of Health (“the Minister”).
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
SPEECHES
EVENTS
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.
COALITIONS IN FOCUS: LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA
Daniela Ellerbeck and Ismail Joosub discuss South Africa’s form of local government (municipalities) and how municipal councils are elected and composed, with consideration of the Constitution, the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998, as well as coalitions’ track record of service delivery in certain areas.
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